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TREATIES  AND  CONVENTIONS 


BETWEEN 


COREA  AND  OTHER  POWERS. 


KOREAN  TREATIES 


COMPILED 


HENRY  CHUNG,  A.  M 

FELLOW   IN  ECONOMICS 
NORTHWESTERN   UNIVERSITY 


H.  S.  NICHOLS,  INC. 

17  EAST  THIRTY-THIRD  STREET 

NEW  YORK 

1919 


COPYRIGHT,  1919 

BY 
H.  S,  NICHOLS.  INC. 


PRINTED   IN  THE    UNITED    STATES   OF    AMERICA 


TO 

THE  KOREAN  NATIONAL  ASSOCIATION 

WHOSE  MISSION   IT  IS 
TO  PRESERVE  THE  CULTURE  AND  CIVILIZATION   OF 

KOREA 

AND  TO  PAVE  THE  WAV  FOR 
THE  FREEDOM  OF  THE  ANCIENT  KINGDOM 

FROM 
THE   PRESENT  ALIEN   DOMINATION 


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CONTENTS. 


PAGE 
AUSTRIA-HUNGARY : 

Treaty  of  Friendship,  Commerce  and  Navigation  (English),  June  23,  1892  1  ^ 
Regulations  under  which  Austrian  and  Hungarian  Trade  is  to  be  con- 
ducted in  Corea   (English) 12 

Protocol    ( English ) 17 

Import  Tariff    ( English ) 18 

Export  Tariff  and  Rules   ( English ) 25 

BELGIUM: 

Treaty  of  Friendship,   Commerce  and   Navigation    (French),   March   23, 

1901 27 

Regulations  relating  to  Belgian  Trade  in  Corea  (French) 37 

Tariff    (French) 42 

CHINA: 

Commercial  Treaty  ( English ) ,  Sept.  11,  1899 47 

DENMARK:  .. 

Treaty  of  Friendship,  Commerce  and  Navigation  (French),  July  15,  1902  57  * 

Regulations  relating  to  Danish  Trade  in  Corea    (French) 68 

Tariff    (French) 73 

FRANCE: 

Treaty  of  Friendship,  Commerce  and  Navigation   (French),  June  4,  1886  81  &  ' 

Regulations  relating  to  French  Trade  in  Corea  (French) ., .  91 

Tariff    (French) 96 

Declaration    (French) 104 

Postal  Agreement    (French) ,  April   17,   1901 105 

GERMANY: 

Treaty  of  Friendship,  Commerce  and  Navigation  ( English ) ,  Nov.  26,  1883  107 
Regulations  under  which  German  Trade  is  to  be  conducted  in  Corea 

(English) 117 

Tariff    (German) 122 

Final  Protocol  (German) 130 


PAGE 
GREAT  BRITAIN: 

Treaty  of  Friendship  and  Commerce  (English),  Nov.  26,  1883 133 

Regulations  under  which  British  Trade  is  to  be  conducted  in  Corea 

(English) 143 

Import  Tariff,  classified  according  to  rate  of  duty  (English) 148 

Import  Tariff,  arranged  alphabetically,  Export  Tariff  and  Rules 

( English  ) 155 

Protocol  ( English ) 163 

ITALY: 

Treaty  of  Friendship  and  Commerce  (English) ,  June  26,  1884 165  £ 

Regulations   under   which    Italian   Trade   is   to    be   conducted    in    Corea 

(English)    176 

Import  Tariff,  classified  according  to  rate  of  duty,   Export  Tariff  and 

Rules   (English) 181 

Import  Tariff,  arranged  alphabetically    (English ) 189 

UNITED  STATES: 

Treaty  of  Amity  and  Commerce   (English) ,  May  22,  1882 197 

JAPAN : 

Treaty    of    Amity,    Friendship,    Commerce    and    Navigation     (English), 

February  26,   1876 205 

Supplementary  Treaty  relating  to  Trade  Regulations    (English) 209 

Protocol   (English ) ,  February  23,  1904  213 

Agreement   relating   to   Financial   and    Diplomatic    advisers    (English), 

August  22,   1904    214 

Agreement  regarding  Communications  Services  (English),  April  1,  1905  215 

Agreement  respecting  the  Coast  Trade  of  Corea   (English) 218 

Agreement  signed  November  17,  1905,  by  which  Japan  assumed  charge 

of  the  Foreign  Relations  of  Corea  (English)    221 

Declaration  of  the  Japanese  Government    (English) ; . 222 

Agreement  signed  on  July  24,   1907,  relating  to  the  Internal  Adminis- 
tration of  Corea    ( English )    223 

Treaty  of  Annexation    (English) ,  signed  August  29,  1910 225 


INTRODUCTORY 


KOREA  is  one  of  the  oldest  and  yet,  perhaps,  the  least  known  na- 
tion— once  a  nation — in  the  world.  She  had  preserved  her  distinct 
national  identity  during  the  four  thousand  years  of  her  history  until 
Japan  established  the  protectorate  over  her  at  the  point  of  the  sword 
in  1905,  and  subsequently  annexed  her  to  the  Japanese  Empire  in 
1910. 

The  so-called  vassalage  of  Korea  to  China  was  a  mis-applied  des- 
ignation given  by  those  who  had  only  a  superficial  knowledge  of  the 
historical  relation  between  Korea  and  China.  China  recognized  the 
complete  independence  of  Korea  in  1895.  Yet,  Korea  had  made  her 
treaties  with  the  leading  Western  Powers  before  this  date,  as  an  in- 
dependent nation.  In  the  Kang-hua  treaty  of  February  26,  1876, 
between  Korea  and  Japan,  the  first  article  reads:  " Chosen  being  an 
independent  state  enjoys  the  same  sovereign  rights  as  does  Japan." 
In  1871  the  Chinese  Foreign  Office  wrote  to  the  United  States  Minister 
in  Peking,  MR.  FREDERICK  F.  Low,  in  response  to  MR.  Low's  inquiry 
concerning  the  relation  between  Korea  and  China:  "Korea  is  re- 
garded as  a  country  subordinate  to  China,  yet  she  is  wholly  inde- 
pendent in  everything  that  relates  to  her  government,  her  religion, 
her  prohibitions,  and  her  laws;  in  none  of  these  things  has  China 
hitherto  interfered."  Again,  in  1882,  the  King  of  Korea  wrote  to 
the  President  of  the  United  States  saying:  "Now  as  the  Govern- 
ments of  the  United  States  and  Korea  are  about  to  enter  into  treaty 
relations,  the  intercourse  between  the  two  nations  shall  be  carried  on 
in  every  respect  on  terms  of  equality  and  courtesy,  and  the  King  of 
Korea  clearly  assents  that  all  of  the  Articles  of  the  Treaty  shall  be 
acknowledged  and  carried  into  effect  according  to  the  laws  of  inde- 
pendent states." 

The  true  relation  between  Korea  and  China  has  been  that  of  "big 
nation"  and  "small  nation,"  as  the  Korean  used  to  say.  Westerners 
were  told  that  though  Korea  was  "a  tributary  state  of  China,  it  was 
entirely  independent  as  far  as  her  government,  religion,  and  inter- 
course with  foreign  states  were  concerned,  a  condition  of  things  hardly 


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compatible  with  our  ideas  of  either  absolute  dependence  or  complete 
independence/'  as  has  been  stated  by  one  Western  observer.  Indeed, 
W.  W.  ROCKHILL,  the  great  American  scholar  of  Eastern  history  and 
politics  admirably  summarizes  the  historical  relationship  between 
Korea  and  China  as  follows : 

'  *  Korean  traditions  point  to  KI-TZTJ,  or  Viscount  of  Ki,  a  noble  of 
China  during  the  reign  of  CHOU-HSIN  of  the  SHANG  Dynasty  (B.  C. 
1154-1122),  as  the  founder  of  the  present  civilization  of  Korea  in  B.  C. 
1122,  and  through  him  Korea  claims  relationship  to  China,  to  which 
country  Koreans  say  they  stand  in  the  same  relation  of  subjection  as 
a  younger  brother  does  to  an  elder  one  and  head  of  the  family.  This 
peculiar  form  of  subservience,  based  as  it  is  on  Confucian  theories, 
which  have  shaped  all  Chinese  and  Korean  society  and  made  the  people 
of  those  countries  what  they  are,  must  never  be  lost  sight  of  in  study- 
ing Korea's  relations  with  and  to  China." 

The  present  Japanese  regime  in  Korea  is  doing  everything  in  its 
power  to  suppress  Korean  nationality.  The  Government  not  only 
forbade  the  study  of  Korean  language  and  history  in  schools,  but 
went  so  far  as  to  make  a  systematic  collection  of  all  works  of  Korean 
history  and  literature  in  public  archives  and  private  homes  and 
burned  them. 

Such  records  as  the  treaties  contained  in  this  volume,  are  ex- 
tremely difficult  to  find  in  Korea.  The  present  writer's  wishes  will 
be  highly  gratified  if  this  volume  serves  as  a  contribution,  even  in  a 
small  way,  toward  preserving  the  nationality  among  the  Koreans  and 
aiding  students  of  Oriental  history  in  their  search  for  the  past  rec- 
ords of  the  Korean  Nation. 

HENRY  CHUNG. 

New  York,  February  25,  1919. 


AUSTRIA-HUNGARY. 


TREATY  OF  FRIENDSHIP,  COMMERCE  AND 
NAVIGATION,  JUNE  23,  1892. 

His  Majesty  the  Emperor  of  Austria,  King  of  Bohemia  etc. 
and  Apostolic  King  of  Hungary  on  the  one  part  and  His  Majesty 
the  King  of  Corea  on  the  other  part,  being  sincerely  desirous  of 
establishing  permanent  relations  of  Friendship  and  Commerce 
between  Their  respective  Dominions  and  of  facilitating  the  com- 
mercial intercourse  between  Their  respective  subjects,  have  resolved 
to  conclude  a  Treaty  for  that  purpose  and  have  therefore  named  as 
Their  Plenipotentiaries,  that  is  to  say : 

His  Majesty  the  Emperor  of  Austria,  King  of  Bohemia  etc. 
and  Apostolic  King  of  Hungary: 

The  Baron  Roger  de  Biegeleben,  His  Envoy  Extraordinary 
and  Minister  Plenipotentiary  at  the  Courts  of  China,  Japan  and 
Siam,  Knight  Commander  of  the  Imperial  Order  of  Francis  Joseph 
(with  the  Star),  Knight  of  the  Imperial  Order  of  the  Iron  Crown; 

And  His  Majesty  the  King  of  Corea : 

Kwon  Chai  Hinng,  His  Charge  d' Affaires  ad  interim  at  the 
Imperial  Court  of  Japan,  a  Dignitary  of  the  Sixth  Rank,  Secretary 
of  the  Royal  Corean  Foreign  Office ; 

Who  after  having  communicated  to  each  other  their  respective 
Full  Powers,  found  in  good  and  due  form,  have  agreed  upon  the 
following  articles : 

ARTICLE    I. 

There  shall  be  perpetual  Peace  and  Friendship  between  His 
Majesty  the  Emperor  of  Austria,  King  of  Bohemia  etc.  and  Apos- 
tolic King  of  Hungary,  and  His  Majesty  the  King  of  Corea  and 
between  Their  respective  subjects.  Austrian  and  Hungarian  subjects 
in  Corea  and  Corean  subjects  in  Austria-Hungary  shall  enjoy  full 
security  and  protection  for  their  persons  and  property. 


ARTICLE  II. 

1.  The  High  Contracting  Parties  grant  each  other  the  right  to 
he  represented  at  the  Court  of  the  other  Contracting  Party  by  a 
Diplomatic  Agent  and  to  appoint  Consuls  General,  Consuls  or 
Vice-Consuls  at  any  port  or  town  opened  to  trade  in  their  respective 
Dominions. 

All  these  functionaries  shall  enjoy  the  same  privileges  and 
immunities  as  those  of  the  most  favoured*  nation. 

•2.  Thfe  Diplomatic  Representative  and  the  Consular  Officers 
of  each  of  the  Contracting  Parties  and  the  members  of  their  official 
establishments  shall  have  the  right  to  travel  freely  in  any  part  of  the 
Dominions  of  the  other. 

The  Corean  Authorities  shall  furnish  passports  to  the  Austro- 
Hungarian  functionaries  travelling  in  Corea  and  shall  provide  such 
escort  for  their  protection  as  may  be  necessary. 

3.  The   Consuls   General,    Consuls   and   'Vice-Consuls   of  the 
Contracting  Parties  shall,  exercise  their  functions  on  receipt  of  due 
authorization  from  the  Sovereign  or  Government  of  the  country  in 
which  they  respectively  reside  and  shall  not  be  permitted  to  engage 
in  trade. 

4.  The  Contracting  Parties,  moreover,  shall  have  the  right  to 
intrust  Diplomatic  Agents  and  Consular  Officers  of  a  third  Power 
with  the  discharge  of  their  respective  Consular  affairs, 

ARTICLE  III. 

1.  Jurisdiction  over  the  persons  and  property  of  Austrian  and 
Hungarian   subjects   in   Corea   shall   be   vested  exclusively  in  the 
Authorities  of  His  Imperial  and  Royal   Apostolic   Majesty,   who 
shall,  without  any  intervention  of  the  Corean  Authorities,  hear  and 
determine  all  cases  brought  against  Austrian  or  Hungarian  subjects 
by  any  Austrian  or  Hungarian  or  other  foreign  subject  or  citizen. 

2.  If  the  Corean  Authorities  or  a  Corean  subject  make  any 
charge  or  complaint  against  an  Austrian  or  Hungarian  subject  in 
Corea,  the  case  shall  be  heard  and  decided  by  the  Authorities  of  His 
Imperial  and  Royal  Apostolic  Majesty. 

«3.     If  the  Authorities  of  His  Imperial  and  Royal  Apostolic 


Majesty  or  an  Austrian  or  Hungarian  subject  make  any  charge  or 
complaint  against  a  Corean  subject  in  Corea,  the  case  shall  be  heard 
and  decided  by  the  Corean  Authorities. 

4.  Austrian  or  Hungarian  subjects  who  commit  any  offence  in 
Corea  shall  be  tried  and  punished  by  the  Authorities  of  His  Imperial 
and  Royal  Apostolic  Majesty  according  to  the  laws  of  their  country. 

5.  Corean  subjects  who  commit  in  Corea  any  offence  against 
an  Austrian  or  Hungarian  subject  shall  be  tried  and  punished  by 
the  Corean  Authorities  according  to  the  laws  of  Corea. 

6.  Any  complaint  of  the  Corean  Government  against  Austrian 
or  Hungarian  subjects  involving  a  penalty  or  confiscation  by  reason 
of  any  breach  either  of  this  Treaty  or  of  any  Regulation  annexed 
thereto  or  of  any  Regulation  that  may  hereafter  be  made  in  virtue 
of  its  provisions,  shall  be  brought  before  the  Authorities  of  His 
Imperial  and  Royal  Apostolic  Majesty  for  trial  and  decision.     Any 
penalty  imposed  and  all  property  confiscated  by  them  in  such  cases 
shall  belong  to  the  Corean  Government. 

7.  Austrian  or  Hungarian  goods,  when  seized  by  the  Corean 
Authorities  at  an  open  port  shall  be  put  under  the  seals  of  the 
Corean  Authorities  and  the  Authorities  of  His  Imperial  and  Royal 
Apostolic  Majesty  and  shall  be  detained  by  the  former  until  the 
latter  have  given  their  decision. 

If  this  decision  is  in  favour  of  the  owner  of  the  goods,  they 
shall  be  immediately  placed  at  the  disposal  of  the  Authorities  of  His 
Imperial  and  Royal  Apostolic  Majesty.  But  the  owner  shall  be 
allowed  to  receive  them  at  once  on  depositing  their  value  with  the 
Corean  Authorities  pending  the  decision  of  the  Authorities  of  His 
Imperial  and  Royal  Apostolic  Majesty. 

8.  In  all   cases,    whether   civil   or   criminal,    tried  either   in 
Corean  Courts  or  before  the  Austro-Hungarian  Consular  Authorities 
in  Corea,  a  properly  authorized  official  of  the  nationality  of  the 
plaintiff  or  prosecutor  shall  be  allowed  to  attend  the  hearing  and 
shall  be  treated  with  the  courtesy  due  to  his  position.     He  shall  be 
allowed,   whenever   he   thinks   it  necessary,   to   call,   examine  and 
cross-examine  witnesses  and  to  protest  against  the  proceedings  or 
decision. 

9.  If  a  Corean  subject  who  is  charged  with  an  offence  against 
the  laws  of  his  country,  takes  refuge  on  premises  occupied  in  Corea 


by  an  Austrian  or  Hungarian  subject  or  on  board  an  Austrian  or 
Hungarian  merchant  vessel  in  Corean  waters,  the  Austro-Hungarian 
Consular  Authorities,  on  receiving  an  application  from  the  Corean 
Authorities,  shall  take  steps  to  have  such  person  arrested  and  handed 
over  to  the  latter  for  trial.  But  without  the  consent  of  the  proper 
Austro-Hungarian  Authority,  no  Corean  officer  shall  enter  the  pre- 
mises of  any  Austrian  or  Hungarian  subject  without  his  consent,  or 
go  on  board  any  Austrian  or  Hungarian  ship  without  the  consent  of 
the  officer  in  charge. 

10.  On    the    demand    of    any    competent    Austro-Hungarian 
Consular  Authority  the  Corean  Authorities  shall  arrest  and  deliver 
to  the  former  any  Austrian  or  Hungarian  subject  charged  with  a 
criminal  offence  or  any  deserter  from  a  ship  of  war  of  His  Imperial 
and  Royal  Apostolic  Majesty  or  from  an  Austrian  or  Hungarian 
merchant  vessel. 

As  to  deserters,  in  case  of  an  Austro-Hungarian  Consular 
Authority  not  being  extant,  they  shall  be  arrested  and  delivered 
on  the  demand  of  the  respective  captain  or  master  of  the  ship. 

11.  The  right  of  extra-territorial  jurisdiction  over  Austrian 
and  Hungarian  subjects  in  Corea  shall  be  relinquished,  when  in  the 
judgement  of  His  Imperial  and  Royal  Apostolic  Majesty  the  laws- 
and  legal  procedure  of  Corea  shall  have  been  so  far  modified  and 
reformed  as  to  remove  the  objections  which  now  exist  to  Austrian 
and  Hungarian  subjects  being  placed  under  Corean  jurisdiction ;  and 
Corean  judges  shall  have  attained  similar  legal  qualifications  and  a 
similar  independent  position  to  those  of  Austrian  and  Hungarian 
judges. 

AETICLE  IV. 

1.  The  following  places  shall,  from  the  day  on  which  this 
Treaty  comes  into  operation,  be  opened  to  Austrian  and  Hungarian 
commerce : 

a)  The  ports  of  Chemulpo  (Jenchuan),  Wonsan  (Gensan)  and 
Pusan  (Fusan),  or  if  the  latter  port  should  not  be  approved, 
any  other  port  in  that  neighbourhood ; 

I)  The  cities  of  Hanyang  (Seoul)  and  Janghwachin,  or  instead 
of  the  latter  any  other  place  in  that  neighbourhood. 


It  is  hereby  declared  that  if  all  the  other  Governments  having 
treaties  with  Corea  shall  hereafter  surrender  the  right  of  opening 
commercial  establishments  in  the  city  of  Hanyang,  the  same  right 
shall  not  be  claimed  for  Austrian  or  Hungarian  subjects. 

2.  At  the  above-named  places  Austrian  or  Hungarian  subjects 
shall  have  the  right  to  rent  or  to  purchase  land  or  houses,  to  erect 
dwellings,  warehouses  and  factories,  to  form  communities  and  to 
conduct  independently  their  administration.     They  shall  be  allowed 
the   free   exercise   of   their   religion.      All    arrangements    for  the 
selection,  determination  of  the  limits  and  laying  out  of  the  sites  of 
the  foreign  settlements  and  for  the  sale  of  land  at  the  various  ports 
and  places  in  Corea  open  to  foreign  trade,  shall  be  made  by  the 
Corean   Authorities  in    conjunction   with   the   competent   Foreign 
Authorities. 

3.  These  sites  shall  be  purchased  from  the  owners  and  prepared 
for  occupation  by  the  Corean  Government,  and  the  expense  thus 
incurred  shall  be  a  first  charge  on  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the 
lands.     The  yearly  rental  agreed  upon  by  the  Corean  Authorities  in 
conjunction  with  the  Foreign  Authorities  shall  be  paid  to  the  former, 
who  shall  retain  a  fixed  amount  thereof  as  a  fair  equivalent  for  the 
land  tax.     The  remainder,  together  with  any  balance  left  from  the 
proceeds  of  land  sales,  shall  belong  to  a  Municipal  fund  to  be  ad- 
ministered by  a  Council,  the  constitution  of  which  shall  be  deter- 
mined by  the  Corean  Authorities  in  conjunction  with  the  competent 
Foreign  Authorities. 

4.  Austrian  or  Hungarian  subjects  may  rent  or  purchase  land 
or  houses  Hyond  the  limits  of  the  Foreign  Settlements  and  within 
a  distance  of  ten  Corean  li  from  the  same.     But  all  land  so  occupied 
shall  be  subject  to  such  conditions  as  to  the  observance  of  Corean 
local  regulations  and  payment  of  land  tax  as  the  Corean  Authorities 
may  see  fit  to  impose. 

5.  The  Corean  Authorities  will  set  apart,  free  of  cost,  at  each 
of  the  places  open  to  trade  a  suitable  piece  of  ground  as  a  foreign 
cemetery,  upon  which  no  rent,  land  tax  or  other  charges  shall  be 
payable,  and  the  management  of  which  shall  be  left  to  the  Municipal 
Council  above  mentioned. 

6.  Austrian  or   Hungarian   subjects   shall  be  allowed  to  go 
where  they  please  without   passports   within   a    distance   of   one 


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hundred  Corean  li  from  any  of  the  ports  and  places  open  to  foreign 
trade  or  within  such  limits  as  may  hereafter  be  agreed  upon  between 
the  competent  Authorities  of  the  Contracting  Parties.  Austrian  or 
Hungarian  subjects  are  authorized  to  travel  in  Corea  for  pleasure  or 
for  purposes  of  trade,  to  transport  and  sell  goods  of  all  kinds,  except 
books  and  other  printed  matter  disapproved  of  by  the  Corean 
Government,  and  to  purchase  native  produce  in  all  parts  of  the 
country  under  passports  which  will  be  issued  by  their  Consuls  and 
countersigned  or  sealed  by  the  Corean  Local  Authorities.  These 
passports,  if  demanded,  must  be  produced  for  examination  in  the 
districts  passed  through.  If  the  passport  be  not  irregular,  the 
bearer  will  be  allowed  to  proceed,  and  he  shall  be  at  liberty  to 
procure  such  means  of  transport  as  he  may  require.  Any  Austrian 
or  Hungarian  subject  travelling  beyond  the  limits  above  named 
without  a  passport  or  committing,  when  in  the  interior,  any  offence, 
shall  be  arrested  and  handed  over  to  the  nearest  Austro-Hungarian 
Consul  for  punishment  and  shall  not  suffer  any  illtreatment  at  the 
hands  of  the  Corean  Authorities  besides  being  arrested.  Travelling 
without  a  passport  beyond  the  said  limits  will  render  the  offender 
liable  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  Mexican  dollars,  with  or 
without  imprisonment  for  a  term  not  exceeding  one  month. 

7.  Austrian  or  Hungarian  subjects  in  Corea  shall  be  amenable 
to  such  municipal  and  police  regulations  for  the  maintenance  of  peace 
and  public  order  as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  the  competent  Authorities 
of  the  Contracting  Parties.  These  regulations  shall  become  binding 
on  Austrian  or  Hungarian  subjects  on  being  duly  issued  by  the 
competent  Authorities  of  His  Imperial  and  Royal  Apostolic  Majesty. 
Breaches  of  these  regulations  shall  be  punished  by  these  Authorities. 

ARTICLE    V. 

1.  At  each  of  the  ports  or  places  open  to  foreign  trade  Austrian 
or  Hungarian  subjects  shall  be  at  full  liberty  to  import  from  any 
foreign  port  or  from  any  Corean  open  port,  to  sell  or  to  buy  from 
any  Corean  subjects  or  others,  and  to  export  to  any  foreign  or 
Corean  open  port  all  kinds  of  merchandise  not  prohibited  by  this 
Treaty,  on  paying  the  duties  of  the  Tariff  annexed  thereto.  They 
may  freely  transact  their  business  with  Corean  subjects  or  others 


without  the  intervention  of  Corean  officials  or  other  persons  and 
they  may  freely  engage  in  any  industrial  occupation. 

2.  The  owners  or  consignees  of  all  goods  imported  from  any 
foreign  port  and  upon  which  the  duty  of  the  afore-said  Tariff  shall 
have  been  paid,  shall  be  entitled,  on  re-exporting  the  same  to  any 
foreign  port  at  any  time  within  thirteen  Corean  months  from  the 
date  of  importation,  to  receive  a  drawback  certificate  for  the  amount 
of  such  import  duty,  provided  that  the  original  packages  containing 
such  goods  remain  intact.     These  drawback  certificates  shall  either  be 
redeemed  by  the   Corean   Customs   on   demand,   or  they  shall  be 
received  in  payment  of  duty  at  any  Corean  open  port. 

3.  The  export  duty  paid  on  Corean  goods,  when  carried  from 
one  Corean  open  port  to  another,  shall  be  refunded  at  the  port  of 
shipment  on  production  of  a  Customs  certificate  showing  that  the 
goods  have  arrived  at  the  port  of  destination,  or  on  satisfactory  proof 
being  produced  of  the  loss  of  the  goods  by  shipwreck. 

4.  All  goods  imported  into  Corea  by  Austrian  or  Hungarian 
subjects  on  which  the  duty  of  the  Tariff  annexed  to  this  Treaty 
shall  have  been  paid,  shall  once  for  all  be  free  of  any  additional 
tax,  excise   or  transit   duty   whatsoever,   whether   they   remain   at 
the  port  of  importation  or  be  conveyed  to  any  other  Corean  open 
port   or   to  any  other  part  of  the  country.     In  like  manner  full 
freedom  shall  be  allowed  for  the  transport  to  the  open  ports  of  all 
Corean  commodities  intended  for  exportation,  and  such  commodities 
shall  not,  either  at  the  place  of  production  or  when  being  conveyed 
from  any  part  of  Corea  to  any  of  the  open  ports,  be  subject  to 
the  payment  of  any  tax,  excise  or  transit  duty  whatsoever. 

5.  The  Corean  Government  may  charter  Austrian  or  Hungarian 
merchant   vessels   for   the   conveyance   of  goods   or   passengers   to 
unopened  ports  in  Corea,  and  Corean  subjects  shall  have  the  same 
right,  subject  to  the  approval  of  their  own  Authorities. 

6.  Whenever  the   Corean   Government   shall   have   reason  to 
apprehend  a  scarcity  of  food  within  the  Kingdom,  His  Majesty  the 
King  of  Corea  may,  by  Decree,  temporarily  prohibit  the  export  of 
grain  to  foreign  countries  from  any  or  all  of  the  Corean  open  ports 
and  such  prohibition  shall  become  binding  on  Austrian  or  Hungarian 
subjects  in  Cor,ea  on  the  expiration  of  one  month  from  the  date  on 
which   it   shall   have  been  officially  communicated   by  the  Corean 


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Authorities  to  the  Austro-Hungarian  Consul  at  the  port  concerned, 
but  shall  not  remain  longer  in  force  than  is  absolutely  necessary. 

7.  ^kastrian  or  Hungarian  merchant  vessels  shall  pay  tonnage 
dues  at  the  rate  of  thirty  cents  (Mexican)  per  register-ton.     One 
such  payment  will  enti'b  a  vessel  to  visit  any  or  all  the  open  ports  in 
Corea  during  a  period  of  four  months  without  further  charge.     All 
tonnage  dues  shall  be  appropriated  for  the  purposes  of  erecting  light- 
houses and  beacons  and  placing  buoys  on  the  Corean  coast,  more  espe- 
cially at  the  approaches  to  the  open  ports  and  in  deepening  or  other- 
wise improving  the  anchorages.     No  tonnage  dues  shall  be  charged 
on  boats  employed  at  the  open  ports  in  landing  or  shipping  cargo. 

8.  It  is  hereby  agreed  that  the  Tariff  and  Trade  Regulations 
hereto  annexed  shall  come  into  operation  simultaneously  with  this 
Treaty.      The   competent   Authorities  of  the   Contracting  Parties 
may,  from  time  to  time,  revise  the  said  Regulations  with  a  view 
to  the  insertion  therein,  by  mutual  consent,  of  such  modifications  or 
additions  as  experience  shall  prove  to  be  expedient. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

Any  Austrian  or  Hungarian  subject  who  smuggles  or  attempts 
to  smuggle  goods  into  any  Corean  port  or  place  not  open  to  foreign 
trade,  shall  forfeit  twice  the  value  of  such  goods,  and  the  goods  shall 
be  confiscated.  The  Corean  Local  Authorities  may  seize  such  goods, 
and  may  arrest  any  Austrian  or  Hungarian  subject  concerned  in  such 
smuggling  or  attempt  to  smuggle.  They  shall  immediately  forward 
any  person  so  arrested  to  the  nearest  Austro-Hungarian  Consular 
Authority  for  trial,  and  may  detain  such  goods  until  the  case  shall 
have  been  finally  adjudicated. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

1.  If  an  Austrian  or  Hungarian  ship  be  wrecked  or  stranded  on 
the  coast  of  Corea,  the  Local  Authorities  shall  immediately  take 
such  steps  to  protect  the  ship  and  her  cargo  from  plunder  and  all  the 
persons  belonging  to  her  from  illtreatment  and  to  render  such  other 
assistance  as  may  be  required.  They  shall  At  once  inform  the 
nearest  Austro-Hungarian  Consul  of  the  occurrence  and  shall  furnish 


the  shipwrecked  persons,  if  necessary,  with  means  of  conveyance  to 
the  nearest  open  port. 

2.  All  expenses  incurred  by  the  Government  of  Corea  for  the 
rescue,  clothing,  maintenance  and  travelling  of  shipwrecked  Austrian 
or  Hungarian  subjects,  for  the  medical  treatment  of  the  sick  and 
injured  and  for  the  burial  of  the  deadr  if  not  repaid  by  the  master 
of  the  ship,  shall  be  refunded  by  the  respective  Government  of  Hir 
Imperial  and  Royal  Apostolic  Majesty. 

3.  As  to  the  expenses  incurred  in  the  recovery  or  preservation 
of  a  wrecked  vessel  or  the  property  belonging  to  her,  the  Austro- 
Hungarian  Monarchy  shall  not  be  responsible  for  the  repayment  of 
such  expenses,  and  they  shall  be  a  charge  upon  the  property  saved, 
and  shall  be  paid  by  the  parties  interested  therein  upon  receiving 
delivery  of  the  same. 

4.  No   charge  shall   be   made   by  the  Government  of  Corea 
for  the   expenses  of  the   Government    officers,    local   functionaries 
or  police  who  shall  proceed  to  the  wreck,  for  the  travelling  expenses 
of  officers  escorting  the  shipwrecked  men,  nor  for  the  expenses  of 
official  correspondence.     Such  expenses  shall  be  borne  by  the  Govern- 
ment of  Corea. 

5.  Any  Austrian  or  Hungarian  ship  compelled  by  stress  of 
weather  or  by  want  of  fuel  or  provisions  to  enter  an  unopened  port 
in  Corea,  shall  be  allowed  to  execute  repairs  and  to  obtain  necessary 
supplies.     All  such  expenses  shall  be  defrayed  by  the  master  of  the 
vessel.     The  Corean  Authorities  and  inhabitants  shall  render  assis- 
tance to  the  ship  and  furnish  her  with  all  supplies  that  may  be 
required. 

ABTICLE  VIII. 

1.  The  ships  of  war  of  each  of  the  High  Contracting  Parties 
shall  be  at  liberty  to  visit  all  the  ports  of  the  other.     They  shall 
enjoy  every   facility   for  procuring  supplies  of  all  kinds,  or   for 
making  repairs,  and  shall  not  be  subject  to  trade  and  harbour  regula- 
tions, nor  be  liable  to  the  payment  of  duties  or  port  charges  of 
any  kind. 

2.  When  ships  of  war  of  His  Imperial  and  Royal  Apostolic 
Majesty  visit  unopened  ports  in  Corea,  the  officers  and  men  may 


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land,  but  shall  not  proceed  into  the  interior  unless  they  are  provided 
with  passports. 

3.  Supplies  of  all  kinds  for  the  use  of  His  Imperial  and  Royal 
Apostolic  Majesty's  Navy  may  be  landed  at  the  open  ports  of  Corea 
and  stored  in  the  custody  of  Austro-Hungarian  officers  without  the 
payment  of  any  duty.     But  if  any   such   supplies   are   sold,   the 
purchaser  shall  pay  the  proper  duty  to  the  Corean  Authorities. 

4.  The  Corean  Government  will  afford  all  the  facilities   in 
their  power  to  ships  of  His  Imperial  and  Royal  Apostolic  Majesty's 
Navy,  which  may  be  engaged  in^making  surveys  in  Corean  waters. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

1.  Austrian  or  Hungarian  subjects  in  Corea  shall  be  allowed 
to  employ  Corean  subjects  as  teachers,  interpreters,  servants  or  in 
any  other  lawful  capacity,  without  any  restriction  on  the  part  of  the 
Corean  Authorities;  and,   in  like  manner,  no  restrictions  shall  be 
placed  upon  the  employment  of  Austrian  or  Hungarian  subjects  by 
Corean  Authorities  and  subjects  in  a  lawful  capacity. 

2.  Subjects  of  one  of  the  High  Contracting  Parties  who  may 
proceed'to  the  country  of  the  other  to  study  its  language,  literature, 
laws,  arts  or  industries,  or  for  the  purpose  of  scientific  research, 
shall  be  afforded  every  reasonable  facility  for  doing  so. 

ARTICLE    X. 

It  is  hereby  stipulated  that  the  Governments,  public  officers  and 
subjects  of  His  Imperial  and  Royal  Apostolic  Majesty  shall,  from 
the  day  on  which  this  Treaty  comes  into  operation,  participate  in  all 
privileges,  immunities  and  advantages,  especially  in  relation  to 
import  or  export  duties,  which  shall  then  have  been  granted  or  may 
thereafter  be  granted  by  His  Majesty  the  King  of  Corea  to  the 
Government,  public  officers  or  subjects  of  any  other  Power. 

ARTICLE  XL 

Ten  years  from  the  date  on  which  this  Treaty  shall  come  into 
operation,  either  orf  the  High  Contracting  Parties  may,  on  giving  one 


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year's  previous  notice  to  the  other,  demand  a  revision  of  the  Treaty 
or  of  the  Tariff  annexed  thereto,  with  a  view  to  the  insertion 
therein,  by  mutual  consent,  of  such  modifications  as  experience  shall 
prove  to  be  desirable. 

It  is  hereby  agreed  that,  if  all  the  other  Governments  having 
treaties  with  Corea  shall  hereafter  come  to  revision  of  the  treaties  in 
general,  the  Austro-Hungarian  Monarchy  shall  consent  to  the  same 
without  claiming  for  the  term  of  the  date. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

For  the  present  all  official  communications  addressed  by  the 
Authorities  of  His  Imperial  and  Royal  Apostolic  Majesty  to  those 
of  Corea  shall  be  accompanied  by  a  translation  into  Chinese. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

The  present  Treaty  shall  be  ratified  by  His  Majesty  the 
Emperor  of  Austria,  King  of  Bohemia  etc.  and  Apostolic  King  of 
Hungary  and  by  His  Majesty  the  King  of  Corea  under  their  hands 
and  seals.  The  ratifications  shall  be  exchanged  at  Hanyang  (Seoul) 
as  soon  as  possible,  but  at  latest  within  one  year  from  the  date 
of  signature.  The  Treaty  which  shall  be  published  by  the  Govern- 
ments of  the  Contracting  Parties,  shall  come  into  operation  on  the 
day  on  which  the  ratifications  are  exchanged. 

In  witness  thereof  the  respective  Plenipotentiaries  above  named 
have  signed  the  present  Treaty  and  have  thereto  affixed  their  seals. 

Done  in  triplicate  at  Tokio  this  twenty  third  day  of  June  in 
the  year  Eighteen  hundred  and  ninety-two  corresponding  to  the 
twenty-ninth  day  of  the  fifth  month  of  the  five  hundred  and  first 
year  of  the  Corean  era,  being  the  eighteenth  year  of  the  Chinese 
reign  Kuang  Hsu. 

[L.  S.]       BlEGELEBEN    m.  p. 

[L.  s.]     KWON  CHAI  HINNG  m.  p. 


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REGULATIONS  UNDER  WHICH  AUSTRIAN  AND 

HUNGARIAN  TRADE  IS  TO  BE 

CONDUCTED  IN  COREA. 

I. — Entrance  and  Clearance  of  Vessels. 

1.  Within  forty-eight  hours   (exclusive  of  Sundays  and  holi- 
days)  after  the  arrival  of  an  Austrian  or  Hungarian  ship  in  a 
Corean    port,    the    master    shall    deliver   to   the    Corean    Customs 
Authorities  the  receipt  of  the  Austro-Hungarian  Consul  showing 
that  he  has  deposited  the  ship's  papers  at  the  Austro-Hungarian 
Consulate,  and  he  shall  then  make  an  entry  of  his  ship  by  handing 
in  a  written  paper  stating  the  name  of  the  ship,  of  the  port  from 
which  she  comes,  of  her  master,  the  number,  and,  if  required,  the 
names  of  her  passengers,  her  tonnage,  and  the  number  of  her  crew, 
which  paper  shall  be  certified  by  the  master  to  be  a  true  statement, 
and  shall  be  signed  by  him.     He  shall,  at  the  same  time,  deposit  a 
written  manifest  of  his  cargo,  setting  forth  the  marks  and  numbers 
of  the  packages  and  their  contents  as  they  are  described  in  the  Bills 
of  Lading,   with  the   names   of  the    persons   to    whom   they    are 
consigned.     The  master  shall  certify  that  this  description  is  correct, 
and  shall  sign  his  name  to  *he  same.     When  a  vessel  has  been  duly 
entered,  the  Customs  Authorities  will  issue  a  permit  to  open  hatches, 
which  shall  be  exhibited  to  the  Customs  officer  on  board.     Breaking 
bulk  without  having  obtained  such  permission  will  render  the  master 
liable  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 

2.  If  any  error  is   discovered   in   the  manifest,  it   may  be 
corrected    within   twenty-four   hours    (exclusive   of   Sundays   and 
holidays)  of  its  being  handed  in,  without  the  payment  of  any  fee, 
but  for  any  alteration  or  post  entry  to  the  manifest  made  after  that 
time  a  fee  of  five  Mexican  dollars  shall  be  paid. 

3.  Any  master  who  shall  neglect  to  enter  his  vessel  at  the 
Corean  Custom-house  within  the  time  fixed  by  this  Regulation  shall 
pay  a  penalty  not  exceeding  fifty  Mexican  dollars  for  every  twenty- 
four  hours  that  he  shall  so  neglect  to  enter  his  ship. 

4.  Any  Austrian  or  Hungarian  vessel  which  remains  in  port 
for  less  than  forty-eight  hours  (exclusive  of  Sundays  and  holidays) 
and  does  not  open  her  hatches,  also  any  vessel  driven  into  port  by 


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stress  of  weather,  or  only  in  want  of  supplies,  shall  not  be  required 
to  enter  or  to  pay  tonnage  dues  so  long  as  such  vessel  does  not 
engage  in  trade. 

5.  When  the  master  of  a  vessel  wishes  to  clear,  he  shall  hand 
in  to  the  Customs  Authorities  an  export  manifest  containing  similar 
particulars  to  those  given  in  the  import  manifest.     The  Customs 
Authorities  will  then  issue  a  clearance  certificate  and  return  the 
Consul's  receipt  for  the  ship's  papers.     These  documents  must  be 
handed  in  to  the  Consulate  before  the  ship's  papers  are  returned  to 
the  master. 

6.  Should  any  ship  leave  the  port  without  clearing  outwards  in 
the  manner  above  prescribed,  the  master  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty 
not  exceeding  two  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 

7.  Austrian  and  Hungarian  steamers  may  enter  and  clear  on 
the  same  day,  and  they  shall  not  be  required  to  hand  in  a  manifest 
except  for  such  goods  as  are  to  be  landed  or  transshipped  at  the  port 
of  entry. 

II. — Landing  and  Shipping  of  Cargo  and  Payment  of  Duties. 

1.  The  importer  of  any  goods  who  desires  to  land  them  shall 
make  and  sign  an  application  to  that  effect  at  the  Custom-house, 
stating  his  own  name,  the  name  of  the  ship  in  which  the  goods  have 
been  imported,  the  marks,  numbers,  and  contents  of  the  packages  and 
their  values,  and  declaring  that  this  statement  is  correct.     The  Cus- 
toms Authorities  may  demand  the  production  of  the  invoice  of  each 
consignment  of  merchandise.     If  it  is  not  produced  or  if  its  absence 
is  not  satisfactorily  accounted  for  the  owner  shall  be  allowed  to  land 
his  goods  on  payment  of  double  the  Tariff  duty,  but  the  surplus 
duty  so  levied  shall  be  refunded  on  the  production  of  the  invoice. 

2.  All  goods  so  entered  may  be  examined  by  the   Customs 
officers  at  the  places  appointed  for  the  purpose.     Such  examination 
shall  be  made  without  delay  or  injury  to  the  merchandise,  and  the 
packages  shall  be  at  once  restored  by  the  Customs  Authorities  to 
their  original  condition,  in  so  far  as  may  be  practicable. 

3.  Should  the  Customs  Authorities  consider  the  value  of  any 
goods  paying  an  ad  valorem  duty  as  declared  by  the  importer  or 
exporter  insufficient,  they  shall  call  upon  him  to  pay  duty  on  the 


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value  determined  by  an  appraisement  to  be  made  by  the  Customs 
appraiser.  But  should  the  importer  or  exporter  be  dissatisfied  with 
that  appraisement,  he  shall  within  twenty-fours  hours  (exclusive  of 
Sundays  and  holidays)  state  his  reasons  for  such  dissatisfaction 
to  the  Commissioner  of  Customs,  and  shall  appoint  an  appraiser 
of  his  own  to  make  a  reappraisement.  He  shall  then  declare  the 
value  of  the  goods  as  determined  by  such  reappraisement.  The 
Commissioner  of  Customs  will  thereupon,  at  his  option,  either  assess 
the  duty  on  the  value  determined  by  this  reappraisement,  or  will 
purchase  the  goods  from  the  importer  or  exporter  at  the  price  thus 
determined,  with  the  addition  of  five  per  cent.  In  the  latter  case  the 
purchase  money  shall  be  paid  to  the  importer  or  exporter  within  five 
days  from  the  date  on  which  he  has  declared  the  value  determined 
by  his  own  appraiser. 

4.  Upon  all  goods  damaged  on  the  voyage  of  importation  a 
fair   reduction   of   duty   shall   be    allowed,    proportionate   to    their 
deterioration.     If  any  disputes  arise  as  to  the  amount  of  such  reduc- 
tion, they  shall  be  settled  in  the  manner  pointed  out  in  the  preceding 
clause. 

5.  All  goods  intended  to  be  exported  shall  be  entered  at  the 
Corean    Custom-house   before   they   are   shipped.     The  application 
to  ship  shall  be  made  in  writing,  and  shall  state  the  name  of  the 
vessel  by  which  the  goods  are  to  be  exported,  the  marks  and  number 
of  the  packages,   and  the  quantity,   description,  and  value  of  the 
contents.     The  exporter  shall  certify  in  writing  that  the  application 
gives  a  true  account  of  all  the  goods  contained  therein,  and  shall  sign 
his  name  thereto. 

6.  'No  goods  shall  be  landed  or  shipped  at  other  places  than 
those   fixed  by  the  Corean    Customs   Authorities,    or   between   the 
hours  of  sunset  and  sunrise,  or  on  Sundays  or  holidays,  without  the 
special  permission  of  the  Customs  Authorities,  who  will  be  entitled 
to  reasonable  fees  for  the  extra  duty  thus  performed. 

7.  Claims  by  importers  or  exporters  for  duties  paid  in  excess, 
or  by  the  Customs  Authorities  for  duties  which  have  not  been  fully 
paid,  shall  be  entertained  only  when  made  within  thirty  days  from 
the  date  of  payment. 

8.  !N"o  entry  will  be  required  for  passengers'  baggage,  which  may 
be  landed  or  shipped  at  any  time  after  examination  by  the  Customs 


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officers.  Permits  will  be  delivered  by  the  Customs  officers  on  applica- 
tion in  the  case  of  provisions  for  the  use  of  Austrian  or  Hungarian 
ships,  their  crews  and  passengers. 

9.  Vessels   needing   repairs   may   land   their    cargo    for   that 
purpose  without  the  payment  of  duty.     All  goods  so  landed  shall 
remain  in  charge  of  the  Corean  Authorities,  and  all  just  charges  for 
storage,  labour  and  supervision  shall  be  paid  by  the  master.     But  if 
any  portion  of  such  cargo  be  sold,  the  duties  of  the  Tariff  shall 
be  paid  on  the  portion  so  disposed  of. 

10.  Any   person   desiring  to   tranship   cargo    shall    obtain    a 
permit  from  the  Customs  Authorities  before  doing  so. 

III. — Protection  of  the  Revenue. 

1.  The    Customs    Authorities   shall   have   the   right   to   place 
Customs   officers  on   board  any   Austrian  or  Hungarian  merchant 
vessel  in  their  ports.     All  such  Customs  officers  shall  have  access  to 
all  parts  of  the  ship  in  which  cargo  is  stowed.     They  shall  be  treated 
with  civility,  and  such  reasonable  accommodation  shall  be  allotted 
to  them  as  the  ship  affords. 

2.  The  hatches  and  all  other  places  of  entrance  into  that  part 
of  the  ship  where  cargo  is  stowed  may  be  secured  by  the  Corean 
Customs  officers  between  the  hours  of  sunset  and  sunrise,  and  on 
Sundays  and  holidays,  by  affixing  seals,  locks  or  other  fastenings, 
and  if  any   person   shall,    without  due  permission,   wilfully   open 
any  entrance  that  has  been  so  secured,  or  break  any  seal,  lock  or  other 
fastening  that  has  been  affixed  by  the  Corean  Customs  officers,  not 
only  the  person  so  offending,  but  the  master  of  the  ship  also,  shall  be 
liable  to  a  penalty  not  exceeding  one  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 

3.  Any  Austrian  or  Hungarian  subject  who  ships,  or  attempts 
to  ship,  or  discharges,  or  attempts  to  discharge,  goods  which  have  not 
been   duly   entered    at    the    Custom    house   in    the    manner    above 
provided,  or  packages  containing  goods  different  from  those  described 
in  the  import  or  export  permit  application,  or  prohibited  goods, 
shall  forfeit  twice  the  value  of  such  goods,  and  the  goods  shall  be 
confiscated. 

4.  Any  person  signing  a  false  declaration  or  certificate  with  the 
intent  to  defraud  the  revenue  of  Corea  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  not 


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exceeding  two  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 

5.  Any  violation  of  any  provision  of  these  Regulations,  to  which 
no  penalty  is  specially  attached  herein,  may  be  punished  by  a  fine 
not  exceeding  one  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 

6.  The  Austro-Hungarian  Consular  Authorities  shall  enforce 
with  respect  to  their  nationals,  in  the  same  way  as  the  provisions  of 
the  Treaty,  all  the  customs  and  port  regulations  which  the  Administ- 
ration of  Corean  Customs  may  deem  necessary  to  issue  with  a  view 
to  warrant  the  collecting  of  taxes  and  to  insure  the  working  of  its 
service,  provided  that  such  regulations  be  properly  promulgated  and 
do  not  derogate  to  the  stipulations  above  expressed  nor  detract  from 
the  rights  granted  by  the  Treaty  to  Austrians  and  Hungarians  in 
Corea. 

Note. — All  documents  required  by  these  Regulations,  and 
all  other  communications  addressed  to  the  Corean  Customs 
Authorities,  may  be  written  in  the  English  language. 

[L.  S.]        BlEGELEBEN    in.  p. 

[L.  s.]     KWON  CHAI  HINNG  m.  p. 


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PROTOCOL. 

The  above-named  Plenipotentiaries  hereby  make  and  append  to 
this  Treaty  the  following  Declarations : 

1.  The  provisions  of  this  Treaty  shall  apply  to  all  countries 
placed  under  the  authority  and  under  the  protectorate  of  Austria- 
Hungary. 

2.  A  Chinese  translation  of  the  Treaty  signed  and  sealed  by 
both  Parties,  is  annexed  hereto.      The  English  text  howover  shall  be 
understood  to  be  the  text  of  Treaty. 

And  it  is  hereby  further  stipulated  that  this  Protocol  shall  be 
laid  before  the  High  Contracting  Parties  simultaneously  with  this 
Treaty  and  that  the  ratification  of  this  Treaty  shall  include  the 
conuriiiation  of  the  present  Protocol  for  which  therefore  no  separate 
act  of  ratification  will  be  required. 

In  faith  of  which  the  above-named  Plenipotentiaries  have  this 
day  signed  this  Protocol  and  have  thereto  affixed  their  seals. 

Done  at  Tokio  this  twenty-third  day  of  June  in  the  year 
Eighteen  hundred  ninety-two,  corresponding  to  the  twenty-ninth  day 
of  the  fifth  month  of  the  five  hundred  and  first  year  of  the  Corean 
era,  being  the  eighteenth  year  of  the  Chinese  reign  Kuang  Hsu. 

[L.  S.]        BlEGELEBEN    HI.  p. 

[L.  s.]     KWON  CHAI  HINNG  m.  p. 


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IMPORT  TARIFF. 

(Classified  according  to  the  rate  of  duty.] 


CLASS  I. 
Duty-free  goods. 

Agricultural  implements. 

Books,  maps,  charts. 

Bullion,  being  gold  and  silver,  refined. 

Coins,  gold  and  silver. 

Fire-engines. 

Models  of  inventions. 

Packing  bags,   packing  matting,  tea  lead,   and  ropes  for   packing 

goods. 

Plants,  trees  and  shrubs,  all  kinds. 
Samples  in  reasonable  quantities. 
Scientific  instruments  as  physical,  mathematical,  meteorological  and 

surgical,  instruments  and  their  appliances. 
Travellers'  baggage. 
Types,  new  and  old. 

CLASS  II. 
Import  goods  subject  to  an  ad  valorem  duty  of  5  per  cent. 

Alum. 

Anchors  and  chains. 

Bamboo,  split  or  not. 

Bark  and  other  substances  for  tanning. 

Beans,  peas  and  pulse,  all  kinds. 

Bones. 

Bricks  and  tiles. 

Camphor,  crude. 

Coal  and  coke. 

Cotton,  raw. 

Drugs  and  medicines,  all  kinds. 

Fish,  fresh. 


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Flax,  hemp  and  jute. 

Flints. 

Flour  and  meal,  all  kinds. 

Fruit,  fresh,  all  kinds. 

Glue. 

Grain  and  corn,  all  kinds. 

Guano  and  manures,  all  kinds. 

Hides  and  skins,  raw  and  undressed. 

Horns  and  hoofs,  all  kinds  not  otherwise  provided  for. 

Kerosene  and  petroleum  and  other  mineral  oils. 

Lanterns,  paper. 

Lime. 

Matches. 

Matting,  floor-,  Chinese  and  Japanese,  coir  etc.,  common  qualities. 

Meat,  fresh. 

Metal,  all  kinds  in  pig,  block,  ingot,  slab,  bar,  rod,  plate,  sheet,  hoop, 

strip,  band  and  flat,  T-  and  angle-iron,  old  and  scrap  iron. 
Oil-cake. 

Oil-wood  (tung-yu). 
Paper,  common  qualities. 
Pepper,  unground. 
Pitch  and  tar. 
Rattans,  split  or  not. 
Scales  and  balances. 
Seed,  all  kinds. 
Soap,  common  qualities. 
Soy,  Chinese  and  Japanese. 
Twine  and  thread,  all  kinds  excepting  in  silk. 
Umbrellas,  paper. 
Vegetables,  fresh,  dried  and  salted. 
Wool,  sheep's,  raw. 

Yarn,  all  kinds  in  cotton,  wool,  hemp  etc. 
All  unenumerated  articles,  raw  or  unmanufactured. 

CLASS  III. 
Import  goods  subject  to  an  ad  valorem  duty  of  7  1J2  per  cent. 

Beverages,  such  as  lemonade,  ginger  beer,  soda  and  mineral  waters. 


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Blankets  and  rugs. 

Brasiletto  wood,  Indian. 

Buttons,  buckles,  hooks  and  eyes  etc. 

Candles. 

Canvas.. 

Carpets  and  floor  rugs,  all  kinds,  tapestry. 

Cement  as  Portland  and  other  kinds. 

Charcoal. 

Chemicals,  all  kinds. 

Clocks  and  parts  thereof. 

Clothing  and  wearing  apparel,  all  kinds,  hats,  boots,  shoes  etc. 

Cocoons. 

Cordage  and  ropes,  all  kinds  and  sizes. 

Cotton  manufactures,  all  kinds. 

Cotton  and  silk  mixtures,  all  kinds. 

Cotton  and  woollen  mixtures,  all  kinds. 

Cutlery,  all  kinds. 

Dyes,  colours  and  paints,  paint  oil,  and  materials  used  for  mixing; 

paints. 

Earthenware. 
Fans. 
Feathers. 
Felt. 

Fish,  dried  and  salted. 

Foil,  tin,  copper  and  all  other  kinds  except  gold  and  silver. 
Fruits,  dried,  salted  and  preserved. 
Gamboge. 

Glassware,  all  kinds. 

Glass,  window-,  plain  and  coloured,  all  qualities. 
Grasscloth  and  all  textiles  in  hemp,  jute  etc. 
Hair,  all  kinds,  except  human. 
Hides  and  skins,  tanned  and  dressed. 
Isinglass,  all  kinds. 
Lamps,  all  kinds. 
Leather,  all  ordinary  kinds,  plain. 
Linen,  linen  and  cotton,  linen  and  woollen,  linen  and  silk  mixtures, 

grey,  white,  or  printed. 
Matting,  superior  qualities,  Japanese  "  tatamis  "  etc. 


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Meat,  dried  and  salted. 

Meerschaumware. 

Metals,  all  kinds  in  pipe  and  tube,  corrugated,  or  galvanised,  wire, 

steel,    tinplates,     nickel,     platina,    quicksilver,    German    silver, 

tutenague,  or  white  copper,  yellow  metal,   unrefined   gold   and 

silver. 
Metal  manufactures,  all  kinds,  as  nails,  screws,  tools,  machinery, 

railway  plant,  and  hardware. 
Mosaic  work. 

Mosquito  netting,  all  kinds* 
Needles  and  pins. 
Oils,  vegetable,  all  kinds. 
Oil-  and  floor-cloth,  all  kinds. 
Paper,  all  kinds,  not  otherwise  provided  for. 
Planks,  soft  wood. 
Porcelain,  common  qualities. 
Resin. 
Salt. 

Sapan  wood. 

Sea  products,  as  seaweed,  bicho  de  mar,  etc. 
Silk,  raw,  reeled,  thrown,  floss  or  waste. 
Silk  manufactures  not  otherwise  provided  for. 
Spectacles. 
Spirits  in  jars. 

Stationery  and  writing  materials,  all  kinds,  blank  books,  etc. 
Stones  and  slate,  cut  and  dressed. 

Sugar,  brown  and  white,  all  qualities,  molasses  and  syrups. 
Sulphur. 

Table  stores,  all  kinds,  and  preserved  provisions. 
Tallow. 
Tea. 

Umbrellas,  silk,  cotton. 
Umbrella-frames. 
Varnish. 
Vermicelli. 

Watches,  all  kinds  and  parts  thereof. 
Wax,  bees'  or  vegetable. 
Wax-cloth. 


Wines  in  wood  or  bottle,  all  kinds. 

Wood  and  timber,  soft. 

Woollen  manufactures,  all  kinds. 

Woollen  and  silk  mixtures,  all  kinds. 

All  unenumerated  articles,  partly  manufactured. 

CLASS  IV. 
Import  goods  subject  to  an  ad  valorem  duty  of  10  per  cent. 

Arms,  fire-arms,  fowling  pieces  etc.  imported  under  special  permit. 

Beer,  porter  and  cider. 

Camphor,  rerined. 

Carmine. 

Clothing  made  wholly  of  silk. 

Confectionaries  and  sweetmeats,  all  kinds. 

Explosives  used  for  mining  etc.  imported  under  special  permit. 

Foil,  gold  and  silver. 

Furniture,  all  kinds. 

Glass,  plate,  silvered  or  unsilvered,  framed  or  unframed. 

Hair,  human. 

India-rubber,  manufactured  or  not. 

Lacquered- ware,  common. 

Leather,  superior  kinds,  and  stamped,  figured  or  coloured. 

Leather  manufactures,  all  kinds. 

Liqueurs  in  wood  or  bottle,  all  kinds. 

Materials  for  seals,  etc. 

Musical  boxes. 

Musical  instruments,  all  kinds. 

Paper,  coloured,  fancy,  wall  and  hanging. 

Perfumes  and  scents. 

Photographic  apparatus. 

Pictures,    prints,    photographs,    engravings,    all   kinds,    framed   or 

unframed. 
Planks,  hard  wood. 
Plated  ware,  all  kinds. 
Porcelain,  superior  qualities. 
Saddlery  and  harness. 
Silk  thread,  or  floss  silk  in  skein. 


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Silk  manufactures,  as  gauze,  crape,  Japanese  amber  lustrings,  satins, 

satin  damasks,  figured  satins,  Japanese  white  silk  ("  habutai"). 
Soap,  superior  qualities. 
Sugar  candy. 

Telescopes  and  binocular  glasses. 
Tooth-powder. 
Trunks  and  portmanteaux. 
Velvet,  silk. 
Vermilion. 

Wood  or  timber,  hard. 
Works  of  art. 
All  unemimerated  articles  completely  manufactured. 

CLASS  V. 
Import  goods  subject  to  an  ad  valorem  duty  of  20  per  cent. 

Amber. 

Artificial  flowers. 

Birds'  nests. 

Carriages. 

Cochineal. 

Coral,  manufactured  or  not. 

Embroideries  in  gold,  silver  or  silk. 

Enamel-ware. 

Fireworks. 

Furs,  superior,  as  sable,  sea-otter,  seal,  otter,  beaver  etc. 

Ginseng,  red,  white,  crude  and  clarified. 

Hair  ornaments,  gold  and  silver. 

Incense  sticks. 

Ivory,  manufactured  or  not. 

Jade-ware. 

Jewellery,  real  or  imitation,  precious  stones. 

Lacquered-ware,  superior. 

Musk. 

Pearls. 

Plate,  gold  and  silver. 

Rhinoceros  horns. 

Scented  woods,  all  kinds. 


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Spices,  all  kinds. 

Spirits  in  wood  or  bottle,  all  kinds. 
Tobacco,  all  forms  and  kinds. 
Tortoise  shell,  manufactured  or  not. 

CLASS  VI. 
Prohibited  goods. 

Adulterated  drugs  or  medicines. 

Arms,  munitions  and  implements  of  war,  as  ordnance  or  cannon,  shot 
and  shell,  firearms  of  all  kinds,  cartridges,  side-arms,  spears  or 
pikes,  saltpetre,  gunpowder,  guncotton,  dynamite,  and  other 
explosive  substances. 

The  Corean  Authorities  will  grant  special  permits  for  the 
importation  of  arms,  firearms  and  ammunition  for  purposes 
of  sport  or  self-defence,  on  satisfactory  proof  being  furnished  to 
them  of  the  bona  fide  character  of  the  application. 

Counterfeit  coins,  all  kinds. 

Opium,  only  three  catties  for  medical  use  to  be  allowed.  But  if 
any  Austrian  or  Hungarian  vessel  coming  to  Corea  for  the  purpose 
of  trade  should  have  more  than  three  catties  weight  of  opium  on 
board,  the  surplus  quantity  shall  be  seized  and  destroyed  by  the 
Corean  Authorities. 

Foreign  ships,  when  sold  in  Corea,  will  pay  a  duty  of  twenty-five 
cents  par  ton  on  sailing  vessels,  and  fifty  cents  par  ton  on 
steamers. 

[L.  S.]        BlEGELEBEN    m.  p. 

[L.  s.]     KWON  CHAI  HINNG  m.  p. 


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EXPORT  TARIFF  AND  RULES. 

EXPORT  TARIFF. 

CLASS    I. 
Duty-free  export  goods. 

Bullion,  being  gold  and  silver,  refined. 
Coins,  gold  and  silver,  all  kinds. 
Plants,  trees  and  shrubs,  all  kinds. 
Samples,  in  reasonable  quantity. 
Travellers7  baggage. 

CLASS  II. 

All  other  native  goods  or  productions  not  enumerated  in  Class  I, 

will  pay  an  ad  valorem  duty  of  five  per  cent. 
The  exportation  of  red  ginseng  is  prohibited. 


RULES. 

I.  In  the  case  of  imported  articles  the  ad  valorem  duties  of 
this  Tariff  will  be  calculated  on  the  actual  cost  of  the  goods  at  the 
place  of  production  or  fabrication,  with  the  addition  of  freight, 
insurance,  etc.    In  the  case  of  export  articles  the  ad  valorem-duties 
will  be  calculated  on  market-values  in  Corea. 

II.  Duties  may  be  paid  in  Mexican  dollars  or  Japanese  silver 
yen. 

III.  The  above  Tariff  of  import  and  export  duties  shall  be 
converted,  as  soon  as  possible,  and  as  far  as  may  be  deemed  desirable, 
into  specific  rates  by  agreement  between  the  competent  Authorities 
of  the  two  countries. 

[L.  s.]     BIEOELEBEN  m.  p. 

[L.  s.]     Kwow  CHAI  HINNG  m.  p. 


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BELGIUM. 


TKEATY  OF  FRIENDSHIP,  COMMERCE  AND 
NAVIGATION,  MARCH  23,  1901. 

Sa  Majeste  le  Roi  des  Beiges  et  Sa  Majeste  FEmpereur  de 
Coree,  animes  du  desir  d'etablir  entre  la  Belgique  et  la  Coree  des 
relations  d'amitie  et  de  commerce,  ont  resolu  de  conclure  dans  ce  but 
un  traite  et  ont,  a  cet  effet,  nomme  pour  Leurs  Plenipotentiaires, 
savoir : 

Sa  Majeste  le  Roi  des  Beiges, 

M.  Leon  Vincart,  Chevalier  de  FOrdre  de  Leopold  de  Belgique, 
Commandeur  de  FOrdre  du  Nichan-Iftikhar  de  Tunis,  Chevalier  de 
FOrdre  de  la  Couronne  d'ltalie,  charge  d'une  mission  speciale 
aupres  de  Sa  Majeste  FEmpereur  de  Coree; 

Sa  Majeste  FEmpereur  de  Coree, 

Pak  Tjai  Soun,  Ministre  des  Affaires  Etrangeres  et  Plenipoten- 
tiaire  special,  Dignitaire  de  deuxieme  rang,  premier  degre,  Con- 
seiller  du  Grand  Conseil  d'Etat,  Ministre  de  la  Guerre  interimaire, 
Directeur  general  de  1' Hotel  des  Monnaies,  decore  de  1'Ordre  du 
Merite  de  troisieme  classe  du  Thai-Kuk ; 

Lesquels,  apres  s'etre  communique  leurs  pleins  pouvoirs, 
trouves  en  bonne  et  due  forme,  sont  convenus  des  dispositions 
suivantes : 

ABTICLE  I. 

II  y  aura  paix  et  amitie  perpetuelles  entre  Sa  Majeste  le  Roi 
des  Beiges  d'une  part,  et  Sa  Majeste  FEmpereur  de  Coree  d'autre 
part,  ainsi  qu'entre  les  ressortissants  des  deux  Etats,  sans  exception 
de  personnes  ni  de  lieux,  Les  Beiges  et  les  Coreens  jouiront,  dans 
les  territoires  relevant  respectivement  des  Hautes  Parties  contractan- 
tes,  d'une  pleine  et  entiere  protection  pour  leurs  personnes  et  leurs 
proprietes. 


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ARTICLE  II. 


§  1.  Chacune  des  Hautes  Parties  contractantes  pourra  nommer 
un  representant  diplomatique  qui  aura  la  faculte  de  resider  d'une 
fagon  permanente  ou  temporaire  dans  la  capitale  de  Pautre,  et  aussi 
designer  un  consul  general,  des  consuls  ou  vice-consuls,  qui 
resideront  dans  les  villes  ou  ports  de  Fautre  Etat,  ouverts  au 
commerce  etranger. 

Les  agents  diplomatiques  ou  consulaires  des  deux  Etats  jouiront, 
dans  le  pays  de  leur  residence,  de  tous  les  avantages  et  immunites 
dont  jouissent  les  agents  diplomatiques  et  consulaires  des  autres 
Etats. 

§  2.  Les  agents  diplomatiques  et  consulaires,  ainsi  que  les 
personnes  attachees  a  leurs  missions,  pourront  librement  voyager  sur 
tout  le  territoire  du  pays  de  leur  residence.  Les  autorites  coreennes 
fourniront  aux  agents  beiges  voyageant  en  Coree,  des  passeports 
et  une  escorte  suffisante  pour  les  proteger  en  cas  de  necessite. 

§  3.  Les  agents  consulaires  des  deux  pays  exerceront  leurs 
fonctions  apres  avoir  ete  dument  autorises  par  le  Souveraiii  ou  le 
Gouvernement  du  pays  de  leur  residence.  II  leur  est  interdit  de  se 
livrer  an  commerce. 

§  4.  Dans  le  cas  ou  Tune  des  Hautes  Parties  contractantes  ne 
croirait  pas  devoir  user  de  la  faculte,  qui  est  donnee  a  chacune 
d'elles,  de  nommer  des  consuls  dans  les  ports  de  1'autre,  elle  pourra 
en  confier  les  fonctions  aux  agents  d'une  puissance  tierce. 

ARTICLE  III. 

§  1.  En  ce  qui  concerne  leurs  personnes  et  leurs  biens,  les 
Beiges  en  Coree  releveront  exclusivement  de  la  juridiction  beige. 
Les  proces  qu'un  Beige  ou  un  etranger  intenteraient  en  Coree  contre 
un  Beige  seront  juges  par  1'autorite  consulaire  beige,  sans  que 
1'autorite  coreenne  puisse  aucunement  intervenir. 

§  2.  Tout  Beige  mis  en  cause  par  les  autorites  coreennes 
ou  par  un  sujet  coreen  sera,  de  meme,  en  Coree,  juge  par  Fautorite 
consulaire  beige. 

§  3.  Tout  Coreen,  mis  en  cause  par  les  autorites  beiges  ou  par 
un  Beige,  sera  juge  par  1'autorite  coreenne. 


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§  4.  Les  Beiges  qui  commettraient  en  Coree  des  delits  ou  des 
crimes  seront  punis  par  1'autorite  beige  competente  et  confoririernent 
a  la  loi  beige. 

§  5.  Les  crimes  ou  delits  dont  un  Coreen  se  rendrait  coupable 
en  Coree  an  prejudice  d'un  Beige  seront  juges  et  punis  par  les 
autorites  coreennes  et  conformement  a  la  loi  coreenne. 

§  6.  Toute  plainte  dirigee  contre  un  Beige  et  susceptible 
d'entrainer  une  peine  pecuniaire  ou  la  confiscation,  pour  violation 
soit  du  present  traite,  soit  des  reglements  y  annexes  ou  des  reglements 
futurs  a  intervenir,  devra  etre  portee  devant  Pautrorite  consulaire 
beige:  les  amendes  et  confiscations  prononcees  derneureront  au 
profit  du  Gouvernement  coreen. 

§  7.  Les  marchandises  beiges  saisies  par  les  autorites  coreennes, 
dans  un  port  ouvert,  seront  mises  sous  scelles,  conjointement  par  les 
autorites  des  deux  pays.  Les  autorites  coreennes  en  auront  la  garde 
jusqu'a  ce  que  Pautorite  consulaire  beige  ait  rendu  sa  decision.  Si 
cette  decision  est  en  faveur  du  proprietaire  des  marchandises,  celles- 
ci  seront  immediatement  mises  a  la  disposition  du  consul.  En  tout 
etat  de  cause,  le  proprietaire  pourra  ton  jours  rentrer  en  possession  de 
ses  marchandises,  a  la  condition  d'en  deposer  la  valeur  entre  les 
mains  des  autorites  coreennes,  en  attendant  la  decision  de  Pautorite 
consulaire  beige. 

§  8.  Dans  toutes  les  causes,  soit  civiles,  soit  penales,  portees 
devant  un  tribunal  coreen  ou  un  tribunal  consulaire  beige  en  Coree, 
un  fonctionnaire  appartenant  a  la  nationalite  du  demandeur  ou 
plaignant,  et  dument  autorise  a  cet  effet,  pourra  tou jours  assister  a 
Taudience  et  sera  traite  avec  les  egards  convenables.  II  pourra, 
quand  il  le  jugera  necessaire,  citer,  interroger  contradictoirement  les 
temoins,  protester  contre  la  procedure  et  la  sentence. 

§  9.  Si  un  Coreen,  prevenu  d'une  infraction  aux  lois  de  son 
pays  se  refugie  dans  une  maison  occupee  par  un  Beige  ou  a  bord 
d'un  navire  de  commerce  beige,  les  autorites  coreennes  s'adresseront 
au  consul  de  Belgique.  Celui-ci  prendra  les  mesures  necessaires 
pour  le  f  aire  arreter  et  pour  le  remettre  entre  les  mains  des  autorites 
coreennes  a  qui  il  appartient  de  le  juger.  Aucun  fonctionnaire  ni 
agent  coreen  ne  pourra,  sans  la  permission  du  consul  de  Belgique, 
penetrer  dans  les  magasins  ou  la  demeure  d'un  Beige,  a  moins  que 
le  resident  beige  ou  le  commandant  du  navire  n'y  donne  son 


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consentement. 

§  10.  Les  autoriles  coreennes  arreteront  et  remettront  a 
Pautorite  consulaire  beige  competente,  sur  sa  requete,  tout  Beige 
prevenu  de  crime  ou  delit  et  tout  deserteur  d'un  navire  beige. 

§  11.  Le  droit  de  juridiction  reconnu  aux  consuls  beiges  sur 
leur  nationaux  en  Coree,  sera  abandonne  quand,  dans  Popinion  du 
Gouvernement  beige,  les  lois  et  la  procedure  coreennes  auront  etc 
modinees  et  reformees  de  telle  sorte  qu'il  n'y  ait  plus  d'objections  a 
placer  les  Beiges  sous  la  juridiction  territoriale  et  quand  la  magist- 
rature  coreenne  presentera,  au  point  de  vue  de  Pindependance  et  des 
connaissances  juridiques,  les  memes  garanties  que  les  magistrats 
beiges. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

§  1.  Les  ports  et  localites  suivants  sont  ouverts  au  commerce 
beige  a  partir  du  jour  de  la  mise  en  vigueur  du  traite : 

Chemoulpo,  Wonsan,  Fusan,  Tjin-Nam-Hpo,  Kounsan,  Mok- 
Hpo,  Ma-San-Hpo,  Syeng-Tjin  et  Hpyeng-Yang  et  les  villes  de 
Seoul  et  de  Yang-Houa-Tjin. 

Dans  le  cas  ou  toutes  les  puissances  qui  ont  deja  conclu  des 
traites  avec  la  Coree,  ou  qui  viendraient  a  en  conclure  ulterieurement, 
consentiraient  a  renoncer  au  droit,  confere  par  ces  traites  a  leurs 
nationaux,  d'ouvrir  des  etablissements  de  commerce  dans  la  ville  de 
Seoul,  ce  droit  ne  serait  |>as  reclame  en  faveur  des  commergants 
beiges. 

§  2.  Dans  les  localites  susnommees,  les  Beiges  auront  le  droit 
de  louer  ou  d'acheter  des  terrains  et  des  maisons,  d'elever  des 
constructions  et  d'etablir  des  magasins  et  des  manufactures.  Us 
auront  la  liberte  de  pratiquer  leur  religion.  Tous  les  arrangements 
relatifs  au  choix,  a  la  delimitation,  a  ramenagement  des  concessions 
etrangeres,  ainsi  qu'a  la  vente  des  terrains,  dans  les  differents  ports 
ou  villes  ouverts  au  commerce  etranger  seront  concertes  entre  les 
autorites  coreennes  et  les  autorites  etrangeres  competentes. 

§  3.  Les  emplacements  affectes  aux  concessions  seront  achetes 
aux  proprietaires  et  amenages  pour  leur  nouvelle  destination  par 
les  soins  du  Gouvernement  coreen:  le  remboursement  des  frais 
d'expropriation  et  d^amenagement  sera  preleve,  par  privilege,  sur  le 


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produit  de  la  vente  des  terrains.  Une  redevance  annuelle,  dont 
le  montant  sera  fixe  d'un  commun  accord,  par  I'administration 
coreenne  et  les  autorites  etrangeres,  sera  payee  a  1'autorite  locale  qui 
en  retiendra  une  part,  a  titre  de  compensation  pour  la  taxe  f onciere ; 
le  reste  de  cette  redevance  ainsi  que  le  reliquat  provenant  de  la  vente 
des  terrains  constitueront  un  fonds  municipal,  administre  par  un 
conseil  dont  la  constitution  sera  ulterieurement  reglee  par  une 
entente  entre  les  autorites  coreennes  et  les  autorites  etrangeres. 

§  4.  Les  Beiges  pourront  louer  ou  acheter  des  terrains  et  des 
maisons  au-  dela  des  limites  des  concessions  etrangeres  et  dans  une 
zone  de  dix  lis  de  Coree  autour  de  ces  limites.  Mais  les  terrains 
ainsi  occupes  seront  soumis  aux  reglements  locaux  et  aux  taxes 
foncieres  dans  les  conditions  que  les  autorites  coreennes  croiront 
devoir  fixer. 

§  5.  Dans  chacune  des  localites  ouvertes  au  commerce,  les 
autorites  coreennes  affecteront  gratuitement,  a  la  sepulture  des 
Beiges,  un  terrain  convenable  sur  lequel  aucune  redevance,  taxe  ni 
impot  ne  sera  etabli  et  dont  ^administration  sera  confiee  au  conseil 
municipal  susmentionne. 

§  6.  Les  Beiges  pourront  circuler  librement  dans  une  zone  de 
cent  lis  autour  des  ports  et  des  villes  ouverts  au  commerce,  ou  dans 
telles  limites  que  les  autorites  competentes  des  deux  pays  auront 
determinees  d'un  commun  accord. 

Les  Beiges  pourront  egalement,  a  la  eeule  condition  d'etre  munifc 
de  passeports,  se  rendre  dans  toutes  les  parties  du  territoire  coreen 
et  y  voyager,  sans  pouvoir,  toutefois,  ouvrir  des  magasins  ni  creer 
des  etablissements  commerciaux  permanents  dans  1'interieur.  Les 
commereants  beiges  pourront  y  transporter  et  vendre  des  marchan- 
dises  de  toute  espece,  sauf  les  livres  et  publications  interdits  par  le 
Gouvernement  coreen,  et  acheter  les  produits  indigenes. 

Les  passeports  seront  delivres  par  les  consuls  et  revetus  de  la 
signature  ou  du  sceau  de  1'autorite  locale.  Us  devront  etre  produits 
a  toute  requisition. 

Si  le  passeport  est  en  regie,  le  porteur  pourra  circuler  librement, 
et  il  lui  sera  loisible  de  se  procurer  les  moyens  de  transport 
necessaires.  Le  Beige  qui  voyagerait  sans  passeport  au  dela  des 
limites  susmentionnees  ou  qui,  dans  Finterieur,  commettrait  quelque 
delit  ou  crime  sera  arrete  et  remis  au  plus  prochain  consul  de 


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Belgique  pour  etre  puni.  Une  amende  de  100.  piastres  mexicaines 
au  maximum,  avec  ou  sans  emprisonnement  d'un  mois  au  plus, 
pourra  etre  prononcee  centre  toute  personne  voyageant  sans  passeport 
en  dehors  des  limites  fixees. 

§  7.  Les  Beiges  en  Coree  seront  soumis  aux  reglements 
municipaux,  de  police  ou  autres,  qui  seront  etablis,  de  concert,  par 
les  autorites  competentes  des  deux  pays,  dans  1'interet  du  bon  ordre 
et  de  la  paix  publique  et  ils  seront  passibles  des  peines  a  prononcer 
par  leur  consul. 

ARTICLE  V. 

§  1.  Dans  toute  localite  ouverte  au  commerce  etranger,  les 
Beiges  pourront,  apres  acquittement  des  droits  inscrits  au  tarif  ci- 
annexe,  importer  d'un  port  etranger  ou  d'un  port  coreen  ouvert, 
vendre  ou  acheter,  quelle  que  soit  la  nationalite  de  1'acheteur  ou  du 
vendeur,  exporter  a  destination  d'un  port  etranger  ou  d'un  port 
coreen  ouvert  toutes  especes  de  marchandises  non  prohibees  par  le 
present  traite.  Ils  auront  pleine  liberte  de  faire,  sans  1'intervention 
de  1'autorite  coreenne  ni  d'autres  intermediates,  tous  actes  de 
commerce  avec  les  sujets  coreens  ou  autres ;  ils  pourront  egalement, 
et  en  toute  liberte,  se  livrer  a  1'industrie. 

§  2.  Les  proprietaires  ou  consignataires  de  toute  marchandise 
importee  d'un  port  etranger,  et  pour  laquelle  le  droit  du  tarif  vise 
ci-dessus  aura  ete  acqiiitte,  pourront  obtenir  un  certificat  de  draw- 
back, pour  le  montant  du  droit  d'importation,  si  toutefois  la 
marchandise  est  reexportee  vers  un  port  etranger  clans  un  delai  de 
treize  mois  coreens  a  dater  de  1'importation  et  pourvu  que  les 
enveloppes  en  soient  reconnues  intactes.  Ces  drawbacks  seront 
rembourses  sur  demande  par  la  douane  coreenne  ou  regus  a  1'aquit 
des  droits  dans  tout  port  coreen  ouvert. 

§  3.  Les  droits  acquittes  sur  des  marchandises  coreennes, 
expedites  de  port  ouvert  a  port  ouvert  en  Coree,  seront  restitues  au 
port  d'expedition,  si  1'interesse  produit  un  certificat  des  douanes 
attestant  1'arrivee  des  marchandises  au  port  de  destination,  ou  s'il 
peut  etre  diiment  prouve  qu'elles  ont  peri  par  fortune  de  mer. 

§  4.  Toutes  les  marchandises  importees  par  des  Beiges  en  Coree, 
et  pour  lesquelles  les  droits  inscrits  au  tarif  ci-annexe  auront  etc 


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acquittes,  pourront  etre  reexpediees  dans  tout  autre  port  coreen 
ouvert,  en  franchise  de  droits,  et  si  elles  sont  transportees  dans 
Pinterieur,  elles  ne  serent,  sur  quelque  point  du  pays  qne  cc  soit, 
soumises  a  aucime  taxe  additionnelle  ni  a  aucun  droit  d'accise  on 
de  transit.  De  la  meme  maniere,  le  transport  vers  les  ports  ouverts 
de  tous  les  produits  coreens,  destines-  LI  Pexportation,  se  fera  en  pleinc 
franchise,  et  ces  produits  ne  seront,  soit  an  lieu  de  production,  soit 
durant  le  trajet  d'un  point  quelconque  du  pays  vers  un  port  ouvert, 
soumis  au  payement  d'aucune  taxe  ni  d'aucun  droit  d'accise  on  de 
transit. 

§  5.  Le  Gouvernement  coreen  pourra  affrcter  des  navires  beiges 
pour  le  transport  des  marchandises  on  des  voyageurs  vers  les  ports 
coreens  non  ouverts ;  les  stijets  coreens  jouiront  de  la  meme  faculte, 
apres  autorisation  des  autorites  locales. 

§  C.  Lorsque  le  Gouvernement  coreen  aura  lieu  de  craindre 
une  disette  dans  PEmpire,  S.  M.  PEmpereur  de  Coree  pourra,  par 
decret,  interdire  temporairement  Pexportation  des  grains  pour 
Petranger  par  un  on  par  tous  les  ports  coreens  ouverts;  cette 
prohibition  deviendra  obligatoire  pour  les  Beiges  en  Coree,  un  mois 
apres  la  date  de  la  communication  ohicielle  faite  par  Pautorite 
coreenne  au  consul  de  Belgique  du  port  interesse,  mais  clle  ne 
restera  en  vigueur  que  le  temps  strictement  necessaire. 

§  7.  Tout  navire  de  commerce  beige  payera  des  droits  de 
tonnage  a  raison  de  30  cents  mexicains  par  tonneau  de  registre. 
Cette  somme  une  fois  payee,  il  sera  perinis  au  navire  de  se  rendre 
dans  tout  port  coreen  ouvert,  durant  une  periode  de  quatre  mois, 
sans  acquitter  d'autre  taxe.  Le  produit  des  droits  de  tonnage  sera 
aifecte  a  la  construction  de  phares,  de  balises  et  de  bouees,  a 
Peclairage  et  au  balisage  des  cotes  de  Coree,  principalement  aux 
approches  des  ports  ouverts,  a  Pamenagement  et  a  Pamelioration  des 
niouillages. 

Aucun  droit  de  tonnage  ne  sera  perc.u  sur  les  bateaux  employes 
dans  les  ports  ouverts,  au  chargement  ou  an  dechargement  des 
cargaisons. 

§  8.  Pour  assurer  Pexecution  pleine  et  entiere  du  present 
traite,  il  est  convenu  que  le  tarif  et  les  reglements  commerciaux 
ci-apres  inseres,  entreront  en  vigueur  en  meme  temps  que  le  traite 
lui-ineme.  Les  autorites  competentes  des  deux  pays  pourront, 

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quand  elles  le  jugeront  opportun,  reviser  ces  reglements  en  vue  d'y 
introduire,  d'un  commun  accord,  telles  modifications  ou  additions 
dont  Pexperience  demontrerait  1'utilite. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

§  1.  Tout  Beige  qui  introduirait  ou  tenterait  d'introduire  en 
fraude  des  marchandises  dans  un  port  on  dans  une  localite  non 
ouverts  au  commerce  etranger  en  Coree,  encourra,  outre  la  confisca- 
tion, une  amende  egale  au  double  de  la  valeur  des  marchandises. 

§  2.  Les  autorites  coreennes  pourront  arreter  tout  Beige  pre- 
venu  de  contrebande  ou  de  tentative  de  ce  delit,  a  charge  de  le 
reniettre  sans  retard  entre  les  mains  du  consul  de  Belgique  competent 
pour  le  juger.  Elles  pourront  egalement  saisir  les  marchandises  et 
les  conserver  jusqu'au  jugement  definitif  de  1'affaire. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

§  1.  Si  un  navire  beige  fait  naufrage  ou  s'echoue  sur  les  cotes 
de  Coree,  les  autorites  locales  prendront  immediatement  les  mesures 
necessaires  pour  defendre  contre  le  pillage,  le  navire  et  la  cargaison, 
pour  proteger  contre  tout  mauvais  traitement  1'equipage  et  les 
passagers  et  pour  leur  preter  aide  et  assistance.  Elles  donneront 
aussitot  avis  du  naufrage  au  consul  de  Belgique  le  plus  voisin  et 
fourniront,  le  cas  echeant,  aux  naufrages  le  moyen  de  gagner  le  port 
ouvert  le  plus  proche. 

§  2.  Toutes  les  depenses  faites  par  le  Gouvernement  coreen 
pour  porter  secours  a  des  Beiges  naufrages,  pour  leur  fournir  des 
vetements,  des  vivres,  des  soins  medicaux  et  des  moyens  de  transport, 
pour  recueillir  les  corps  des  decedes  et  proceder  a  leur  funerailles, 
seront  remboursees  par  le  Gouvernement  beige. 

§  3.  Le  Gouvernement  beige  ne  sera  pas  garant  du  rembourse- 
ment  des  depenses  faites  pour  le  sauvetage  et  la  conservation  des 
navires  naufrages  ou  de  leur  cargaison.  Ce  remboursement  reste 
garanti  par  la  valeur  des  objets  sauves  et  devra  etre  effectue"  par  les 
parties  interessees,  lors  de  la  remise  desdits  objets. 

§  4.  Le  Gouvernement  coreen  ne  reclamera  aucun  rembourse- 
ment, ni  pour  les  depenses  de  ses  agents,  fonctionnaires,  locaux  ou 


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employes  de  police  qui  auront  procede  au  sauvetage,  ni  pour  les  frais 
de  voyage  des  agents  charges  d'escorter  les  naufrages,  ni  pour  les 
frais  de  correspondance  officielle.  Ces  depenses  resteront  a  la  charge 
du  Gouvernement  coreen. 

§  5.  Tout  navire  marchand  beige  que  le  mauvais  temps,  le 
manque  de  vivres  ou  de  combustible  obligerait  a  relacher  dans  un 
port  de  Coree  non  ouvert,  pourra  y  faire  des  reparations  et  s'y 
procurer  les  provisions  nccessaires.  Les  depenses  seront  payees  par 
le  capitaine  du  navire. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

§  1.  Les  autorites  beiges  et  les  Beiges  en  Coree  pourront 
engager  des  sujets  coreens  a  titre  de  lettre,  d'interprete,  de  serviteur 
ou  a  tout  autre  titre  licite,  sans  que  les  autorites  coreennes  puissent 
y  mettre  obstacle.  Keciproquement,  les  Beiges  pourront  etre  engages 
dans  les  memes  conditions  au  service  du  Gouvernement  ou  des  sujets 
coreens. 

§  2.  Les  Beiges  qui  se  rendraient  en  Coree  pour  y  otuclier  ou 
y  professor  la  langue  ecrite  ou  parlee,  les  sciences,  les  lois  ou  arts, 
devront,  en  temoignage  des  sentiments  de  bonne  amitie  dont  sont 
animees  les  Hautes  Parties  contractantes,  recevoir  tou jours  aide  et 
assistance.  Les  Coreens  qui  se  rendront  en  Belgique  y  jouiront  des 
memes  avantages. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

A  dater  du  jour  de  Tentree  en  vigueur  du  present  traite,  le 
Gouvernement  beige,  ses  agents  et  ses  ressortissants  jouiront  de  tons 
les  privileges,  immunites  et  avantages  dont  jouissent  ou  jouiraient 
plus  tard  les  gouvernements,  agents  ou  ressortissants  de  toute  autre 
puissance. 

ARTICLE  X. 

Dix  ans  apres  Tentree  en  vigueur  du  present  traite,  chacune  des 
Hautes  Parties  contractantes  pourra,  a  charge  de  prevenir  1'autre 
partie  un  an  a  Pavance,  deinander  une  revision  du  traite  ou  des 
tarifs  y  annexes,  en  vue  d'y  introduire,  d'un  commun  accord,  telles 
modifications  dont  Inexperience  aurait  demontre  Tutilite. 


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Dans  le  cas  ou  la  Ooree  modifierait  ses  traites  avec  le  consente- 
ment  de  toutes  les  puissances  avec  lesquelles  elle  est  en  relations 
officielles,  la  Belgique  devra  egalement  y  consentir,  meme  avant 
1'expiration  du  present  traite. 

ARTICLE  XI. 

§  1.  Le  present  traite  est  redige  en  fran§ais  et  en  chinois. 
Les  deux  textes  ont  ete  soigneusement  confronted  et  il  a  ete  reconnu 
qu'ils  avaient  le  meme  sens.  II  est  convenu  toutefois  que  le  texte 
franc. ais  ferait  foi  si  quelque  divergence  venait  a  se  produire  dans 
Interpretation. 

§  2.  Toutes  les  communications  officielles  adressees  aux  au- 
torites  coreennes  par  les  autorites  beiges  seront  provisoirement 
accompagnees  d'une  traduction  en  langue  chinoise. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

Les  Hautes  Parties  contractantes  conviennent  de  recourir  a 
Parbitrage  pour  toutes  les  contestations  auxquelles  pourrait  donner 
lieu  Interpretation  ou  Pexecution  du  present  traite. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

Le  present  traite  sera  ratifie  par  Sa  Majeste  le  Roi  des  Beiges 
et  par  Sa  Majeste  PEmpereur  de  Coree  et  revetu  de  leurs  signatures 
et  de  leurs  sceaux  respectifs;  les  ratifications  seront  echangees  a 
Seoul,  dans  le  delai  d'un  an,  ou  plus  tot,  si  faire  se  peut.  II  sera, 
promulgue  par  les  soins  des  deux  Gouvernements  et  entrera  en 
vigueur  le  jour  de  Pechange  des  ratifications. 

En  foi  de  quoi  les  Plenipotentiaires  respectifs  ont  signe  le 
present  traite,  fait  en  triple  exemplaire,  et  y  ont  appose  leurs 
cachets. 

Fait  a  Seoul,  le  vingt-trois  mars  (1901)  mil  neuf  cent  et  un, 
correspondant  au  vingt-troisieme  jour  du  troisieme  mois  de  la 
cinquieme  annee  de  Koing  Mou. 

[L.  s.]     LEON  VINCART. 

[L.  s.]      (Signature  de  PAK  TJAI  SOUN.) 


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REGULATIONS  RELATING  TO  BELGIAN 
TRADE  IN  CORE  A. 

I.— Entree  et  sortie  des  navires. 

1°  Dans  les  quarante-huit  heures  (dimanches  et  jours  de  fete 
non  comptes)  qui  suivront  1'arrivee  d'un  batiment  beige  dans  un  port 
coreen,  le  capitaine  devra  remettre  aux  autorites  douanieres  coreen- 
nes  un  recepisse  du  consul  de  Belgique  attestant  que  les  papiers  du 
bord  ont  ete  deposes  au  consulat.  II  fera,  en  meme  temps,  la 
declaration  d'entree  de  son  navire,  en  indiquant,  par  ecrit,  son  nom 
et  celui  de  son  batiment,  le  port  d'ou  il  vient,  le  nombre  et,  si  la 
demande  lui  en  est  faite,  les  rioms  des  passagers,  le  tonnage,  le 
nombre  des  hommes  d'equipage.  Cette  declaration  sera  certifiee 
sincere  et  veritable  par  le  capitaine  et  signee  par  lui.  ,  II  deposera, 
en  meme  temps,  une  expedition  de  son  manifeste  indiquant  les 
marques,  numeros  et  contenus  des  colis,  tels  qu'ils  sont  portes  aux 
connaissements  et  le  nom  des  consignataires.  Le  capitaine  attestera 
Inexactitude  du  manifeste  et  le  signera.  Cette  declaration  ainsi 
dressee,  les  autorites  douanieres  delivreront  un  permis  d'ouvrir  les 
ecoutilles,  qui  sera  montre  a  bord  an  prepose  de  la  douane.  Le  fait 
de  rompre  charge  sans  ce  permis  rendra  le  capitaine  passible  d'une 
amende  de  cent  dollars  mexicains  au  plus ; 

2°  Si  une  erreur  est  constatee  dans  le  manifeste,  elle  pourra 
etre  corrigee  sans  frais,  dans  les  vingt-quatre  heures  (dimanches  et 
jours  de  fete  non  comptes)  de  la  declaration;  mais,  ce  delai  expire, 
il  sera  pergu,  pour  tout  changement  ou  toute  declaration  supple- 
mentaire,  un  droit  de  cinq  dollars  mexicains ; 

3°  Tout  capitaine  qui  negligerait  de  faire  la  declaration 
susdite  dans  les  delais  fixes,  sera  passible  d'une  amende  de  cinquante 
dollars  mexicains  par  chaque  jour  de  retard ; 

4°  Tout  navire  beige  qui  sejournerait  da*ns  le  port  moins  de 
quarante-huit  heures  (dimanches  et  jours  de  fete  non  comptes)  et 
n'ouvrirait  pas  ses  ecoutilles,  ou  que  soit  le  mauvais  temps,  soit  le 
manque  de  vivres  forcerait  a  relacher,  ne  sera  soumis  ni  a  la 
declaration  ni  au  payement  des  droits  de  tonnage,  tant  qu'il  ne  fera 
pas  operation  de  commerce ; 

5°     Tout  capitaine  qui  voudra  prendre  la  mer  remettra  aux 


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autorites  douanieres  un  manifesto  d'exportation  analogue  au  mani- 
feste  d'importation.  Les  autorites  douanieres  delivreront  alors  un 
certificat  de  conge  et  restitueront  le  recepisse  consulaire  des  papiers 
du  bord.  Ces  documents  seront  presentes  au  consulat  afin  de 
permettre  au  capitaine  de  retirer  ses  papiers  de  bord ; 

6°  Tout  capitaine  qui  prendrait  la  mer  sans  faire  la  declaration 
susdite,  sera  passible  d'une  amende  de  deux  cents  dollars  mexicains 
au  maximum ; 

7°  Les  navires  a  vapeur  beiges  pourront  entrer  et  sortir  le 
meme  jour  sans  etre  astreints  a  produire  de  manifesto  d'importation, 
si  ce  n'est  pour  les  seules  marchandises  debarquees  ou  transbordees 
dans  le  port. 

II. — Debarquement  et  embarquement  de  cargaison. 
Payement  des  droits. 

1°  Tout  importateur  de  marchandises  qui  desire  les  debarquer 
adressera,  a  cet  effet,  a  la  douane,  une  demande  certifiee  sincere,  indi- 
quant  son  nom,  le  nom  du  navire  employe  au  transport,  les  marques, 
les  numeros,  le  contenu  et  la  valeur  des  colis.  L'autorite  douaniere 
pourra  exiger  la  production  de  la  facture  pour  toute  consignation  de 
marchandises.  Faute  de  la  produire  et  a  defaut  d'une  explication 
suffisante,  le  proprietaire  ne  pourra  debarquer  ses  marchandises 
qu'apres  payement  du  double  des  droits  inscrits  au  tarif :  le  supple- 
ment ainsi  percju  sera  restitue  si  la  facture  est  produite ; 

2°  Les  marchandises  declarees  seront  examinees  par  les  agents 
des  douanes  dans  des  endroits  designes  a  cet  eifet.  Cette  visite  aura 
lieu  sans  delai  et  sans  dommage  pour  les  marchandises.  Les 
emballages  seront  aussitot  retablis,  autant  que  faire  se  pourra,  en 
leur  etat  primitif,  par  les  soins  de  la  douane ; 

3°  Si  les  autorites  douanieres  estiment  insuffisante  la  valeur 
declaree  par  Firnportateur  ou  1'exportateur  de  marchandises  taxees  ad 
valorem,  le  declarant  pourra  etre  invite  a  payer  les  droits  sur  la 
valeur  qui  serait  attribute  auxdites  marchandises  par  1'expert  de  la 
douane.  Si  Pexpertise  ne  satisfait  pas  le  declarant,  il  sera  tenu 
de  faire  connaitre,  dans  les  vingt-quatre  heures  (dimanches  et  jours 
de  fete  non  comptes),  au  commissaire  des  douanes,  le  motif  de  ses 
plaintes  et  de  designer  un  expert  de  son  choix  pour  proceder  a 


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une  centre-estimation. 

II  fera  ensuite  une  declaration  de  la  valeur  telle  qu'elle  resulte 
de  cette  seconde  expertise.  Le  commissaire  des  douanes  pourra 
alors,  a  son  gre,  soit  taxer  les  marchandises  d'apres  cette  valeur, 
soit  les  soumettre  an  droit  de  preemption,  en  pay  ant  cette  valeur 
majoree  de  cinq  pour  cent.  Dans  ce  dernier  cas,  le  prix  d'achat 
sera  verse  a  1'importateur  ou  a  1'exportateur  dans  les  cinq  jours 
qui  suivront  la  declaration  du  resultat  de  la  contre-expertise ; 

4°  Les  marchandises  d'importation  avarices  en  cours  de  voyage 
auront  droit  a  une  remise  equitable  proportionnee  a  la  moins-value 
qu'elles  auront  subie.  En  cas  de  divergence  sur  le  quantum  de  cette 
remise,  on  suivra  la  procedure  indiquee  au  paragraphe  precedent ; 

5°  Les  marchandises  destinees  a  ^exportation  devront  etre 
declarees  a  la  douane  coreenne  avant  d'etre  embarquees.  La  demande 
d'einbarquement  sera  faite  par  ecrit  et  indiquera  le  nom  du  navire 
employe  au  transport,  les  marques  et  numeros  des  colis,  la  quantite, 
la  description  et  la  valeur  du  contenu.  L'exportateur  certifiera 
par  ecrit  cette  declaration  sincere  et  veritable  et  y  apposera  sa 
signature ; 

6°  Aucune  marchandise  ne  sera  debarquee  ni  embarquee,  soit  a 
d'autres  endroits  que  ceux  qui  seront  fixes  par  les  autorites  douanieres 
coreennes,  soit  entre  le  coucher  et  le  lever  du  soleil,  soit  le  dimanche 
et  les  jours  feries,  sans  une  permission  speciale  de  la  douane. 
Celle-ci  percevra  alors  une  remuneration  equitable  pour  ce  service 
extraordinaire ; 

7°  Toute  reclamation  formulee,  soit  par  les  importateurs  ou 
exportateurs  pour  payements  en  trop,  soit  par  les  autorites.  douanieres 
pour  payements  en  moins,  devra,  pour  etre  admissible,  etre  deposee 
dans  les  trente  jours  du  payement ; 

8°  Aucune  declaration  ne  sera  necessaire  pour  les  bagages  des 
passagers  a  bord  des  navires  beiges.  Ces  bagages  pourront  etre 
debarques  ou  embarques  a  toute  heure,  apres  que  la  douane  se 
sera  assuree  quails  ne  contiennent  pas  d'articles  soumis  aux  droits. 
A  la  demande  qui  ltd  en  sera  faite,  la  douane  delivrera  des  permis 
pour  les  provisions  de  bord  destinees  aux  batiments  beiges,  a 
leurs  equipages  et  a  leurs  passagers; 

9°  Tout  navire  beige  pourra,  pour  cause  de  reparations,  debar- 
quer  sa  cargaison  sans  etre  soumis  a  aucun  droit.  Les  marchandises 


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ainsi  debarquees  resteront  sous  la  surveillance  des  autorites  coreennes, 
et  tous  les  f  rais  raisonnables  de  magasinage,  de  manutention  on  de 
surveillance  devront  etre  acquittes  par  le  capitaine.  Les  droits  du 
tarif  seront  percus  pour  toute  partie  de  cette  cargaison  qui  serait 
vendue ; 

10°  Aucun  transbordement  de  cargaison  ne  pourra  etre  effectue 
sans  une  autorisation  prealable  de  la  douane. 

III.- — Mesures  fiscales. 

1°  Les  autorites  douanieres  pourront,  dans  les  ports  de  Coree, 
placer  des  proposes  a  bord  des  navires  marchands  beiges.  Ces 
proposes  auront  libre  'acces  dans  toutes  les  parties  du  batiment 
ou  des  marchandises  seront  arrimees.  Us  seront  traites  avec  cour- 
toisie  et  installes  aussi  convenablement  que  le  navire  le  permettra ; 

2°  Depuis  le  coucher  jusqu'au  lever  du  soleil  et  les  dimanches 
et  jours  feries,  les  proposes  pourront  fermer  les  ecoutilles  et  autres 
voies  d 'acces  aux  endroits  ou  la  cargaison  est  arrimee,  au  moyen  de 
scelles,  de  cadenas  ou  d'autres  attaches.  Toute  personne  qui  aurait, 
sans  permission,  volontairement  ouvert  un  passage  ainsi  ferine  ou 
brise  les  scelles,  cadenas  ou  autres  attaches  places  par  la  douane 
coreenne,  sera,  de  ineme  que  le  capitaine  du  navire,  passible  d'une 
amende  de  cent  dollars  mexicains  au  maximum ; 

3°  Tout  Beige  qui  expedierait  ou  tenterait  d'expedier,  debar- 
querait  ou  tenterait  de  debarquer,  soit  des  marchandises  qui  n'auraient 
pas  ete  en  douane  Fobjet  de  la  declaration  reguliere  susmentionnee, 
soit  des  colis  qui  contiendraient  des  marchandises  prohibees  ou 
differentes  de  celles  portees  sur  la  declaration,  encourra  une  amende 
egale  au  double  de  la  valeur  de  ces  marchandises ;  les  marchandises 
seront  confisquees ; 

4°  Tout  signataire  d'une  fausse  declaration  ou  d'un  faux 
certificat,  ayant  pour  objet  de  frauder  le  Tresor  coreen,  sera  passible 
d^une  amende  de  deux  cents  dollars  mexicains  au  maximum ; 

5°  Toute  infraction  aux  clauses  du  present  reglement,  pour 
laquelle  une  peine  speciale  n'a  pas  ete  prevue,  entrainera  une 
amende  de  cent  dollars  mexicains  au  maximum ; 

6°  Les  autorites  consulaires  beiges  feront  application  a  leurs 
ressortissants,  dans  les  memes  conditions  que  pour  les  clauses  du 


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traite,  de  tons  les  reglements  de  douane  et  de  port  que  1'administra- 
tion  des  douanes  coreennes  jngerait  necessaire  d'etablir  en  vue  de 
garantir  la  perception  des  droits  et  d'assurer  le  fonctionnement  de 
son  service,  pourvu,  toutefois,  que  ces  reglements  aient  ete  diunent 
publics,  ne  derogent  pas  aux  stipulations  ci-dessus  enoncees  et  ne 
portent  pas  atteinte  aux  droits  que  le  traite  reconnait  aux  Beiges  en 
Coree. 

Seoul,  le  vingt-trois  mars  mil  neuf  cent  et  un,  correspondant  au 
vingt-troisieme  jour  du  troisieme  mois  de  la  cinquieme  annee  de 
Koing  Mou. 

[L.  s.]     LEON  VINCABT. 

[L.  s.]      (Signature  de  PAK  TJAI  SOUN). 


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TAKIFF. 

I.— TARIF  D'IMPORTATION. 
CLASSE  I. — Objets  admis  en  franchise. 

Bagages  des  voyageurs ;  caracteres  d'imprimerie  neufs  et  vieux ; 
echantillons  en  quantite  moderee;  instruments  aratoires;  instru- 
ments de  physique,  de  mathematiques,  de  meteorologie,  de  chirurgie 
et  leurs  accessoires;  lingots  d'or  et  d'argent  fins;  livres  et  cartes; 
modeles  d'inventions ;  monnaies  d'or  et  d'argent ;  plantes,  arbres  et 
arbustes  de  toute  espece ;  pompes  a  incendies ;  sacs,  nattes  et  cordes 
d'emballage.  doublures  de  plomb. 

CLASSE  II. — Objets  frappes  d  V importation  d'une  taxe 
de  cinq  pour  cent  ad  valorem. 

Allumettes ;  alun ;  ancres  et  chaines ;  balances,  poids  et  mesures ; 
bambou,  fendu  ou  non ;  ble  et  cereales  de  toute  espece ;  briques  et 
tuiles;  camphre  brut;  charbon  et  coke;  chaux;  colle;  cornes  et 
sabots  non  mentionnes  d'autre  part  au  tarif ;  coton  non  manufac- 
ture ;  cuirs  et  peaux,  crus  ou  non  prepares ;  drogues  et  medicaments 
de  toute  espece ;  f arine  et  gruau  de  toute  espece ;  fils  de  toute  espece 
de  coton,  laine,  chanvre,  etc.,  excepte  de  soie;  fruits  frais  de 
toute  espece ;  graines  de  toute  espece ;  guano  et  engrais  de  toute 
espece;  haricots,  pois  et  farineux  de  toute  espece;  huile  de  bois 
(Tong  Yeou)  ;  .huile  de  saja;  kerosene,  petrole  et  autres  huiles 
minerales ;  laines  non  manufactures ;  lanternes  en  papier ;  legumes 
frais,  sees  et  conserves;  lin,  chanvre  et  jute;  metaux  de  toute 
espece,  en  saumons,  masses,  lingots,  plaques,  barres,  tringles, 
lames,  feuilles,  anneaux,  rubans,  fils,  fer  en  T  et  coin,  vieux 
fer,  ferraille ;  nattes  pour  planchers,  chinoises  et  japonaises  en 
bourre  de  coco,  etc.,  de  qualite  ordinaire;  os;  papier  de  qualite 
ordinaire ;  parapluies  et  ombrelles  de  papier ;  poissons  frais ;  poivre 
en  grains ;  poix  et  gaudron ;  rotins  f endus  ou  non ;  savons  de  qualite 
ordinaire;  silex;  tan  et  articles  de  tannerie;  tourteaux  et  graines 


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oleagineuses ;  viaride  f raiche ;  tons  objets  bruts  on  non  manufactures 
qui  ne  sont  pas  specialement  mentionnes  d'autre  part  an  tarif. 

CLASSE  III. — Objets  frappes  d,  V importation  d'une  taxe 
de  sept  et  demi  pour  cent  ad  valorem. 

Aiguilles  et  epingles ;  alcools  en  jarres ;  articles  de  coutellerie 
de  toute  espece ;  bois  tendre,  charpentes  et  planches;  boissons  telles 
que  limonade,  ginger-beer,  eaux  gazeuses  et  minerales;  bougies; 
boutons,  boucles,-  agrafes,  portes  d'agrafes;  bresillet  des  Indes; 
charbon  de  bois ;  ciments  de  Portland  et  toute  espece ;  cire  animale 
ou  vegetale ;  cocons ;  colle  de  poisson  de  toute  espece ;  comestibles  de 
toute  espece,  conserves ;  cordes  et  cordages  de  toute  espece  et  de  toute 
dimension;  couvertures,  cou vert u res  de  lit;  crins;  cuirs  de  toute 
espece,  de  qualite  ordinaire;  eventails;  feutre;  feuilles  d'etain,  de 
cuivre  et  de  tous  les  autres  metaux  excepte  Por  et  Fargent;  fruits 
sees,  sales  ou  en  conserves;  fruits  confits;  gomme  gutte;  huiles 
vegetales  ,de  toute  espece;  lampes  de  toute  espece;  lunettes; 
melange  de  coton  et  de  laine  de  toute  espece;  melange  de 
coton  et  de  soie  de  toute  espece;  metaux  de  toute  espece  en  tuyaux 
ou  tubes  oxydes  ou  galvanises,  fil  metallique,  acier,  fer-blanc, 
nickel,  platine,  mercure,  metal  blanc,  cuivre,  laiton,  or  et  argent 
non  affines;  montres  de  toute  espece  et  pieces  d'horlogerie ; 
montures  de  parapluies;  moustiquaires  de  qualite  ordinaire;  inous- 
tiquaires  de  soie;  nattes  de  qualite  superieure;  objets  en  metal  de 
toute  espece,  tels  que  clous,  vis,  outils,  machines,  materiel  pour 
chemin  de  fer,  quincaillerie ;  objets  manufactures  en  coton  de  toute 
espece;  objets  en  mosaique;  papeterie  et  fournitures  de  bureau  de 
toute  espece ;  papier  de  toutes  les  especes  non  specialement  mention- 
nees  d'autre  part  au  tarif;  parapluies  de  coton;  parapluies  et 
ombrelles  de  soie ;  pendules,  horloges  et  accessoires ;  pierres  et 
ardoises  taillees  et  fagonnees ;  plumes ;  poisson  sec  et  sale ;  porcelaine 
de  qualite  ordinaire;  poterie;  produits  chimiques  de  toute  espece; 
produits  marins,  tels  que  algues,  beches  de  mer,  etc. ;  resine ;  sel ; 
soie  brute,  devidee,  filee,  bourre  de  soie,  dechets;  souffre;  sucre 
brun  et  blanc,  de  toute  qualite,  melasses  et  sirops;  suif;  tapis  de 
toute  espece  et  articles  de  tapisserie ;  ((Tatamis))  japonais,  etc. ; 
teintures,  couleurs,  huiles  et  matieres  entrant  dans  la  composition  on 


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servant  a  la  preparation  des  couleurs;  the;  tissus  de  laine  de  toute 
espece ;  tissus  de  soie  de  toutes  les  especes  non  specialement  mention- 
nees  d'autre  part  au  tarif ;  tissus  de  toile,  tissus  melanges  toile  et  coton, 
toile  et  laine,  toile  et  soie,  gris,  blancs  ou  imprimes ;  tissus  melan- 
ges soie  et  laine  de  toute  espece ;  toile  a  voile ;  toile  d'ortie  de  Chine 
et  tous  tissus  de  chanvre,  jute,  etc. ;  toile  huilee,  toile  ciree  pour 
parquets,  de  toute  espece ;  vermicelle,  macaroni  et  pates  dites  d'ltalie ; 
vernis ;  verrerie  de  toute  espece ;  verres  a  vitres,  blancs  ou  de  couleur, 
de  toute  qualite ;  vetements  et  objets  de  toilette,  de  toute  espece,  tels 
que  chapeaux,  bottines,  souliers,  etc.,  excepte  les  vetements  confec- 
tionnes  en  soie ;  viande  sechee  et  salee ;  vins  de  raisin,  de  toute 
espece,  en  futs  et  en  bouteilles ;  tous  objets  manufactures  en  partie 
qui  ne  sont  pas  specialement  mentionnes  d'autre  part  au  tarif. 

CLASSE  IV. — Objets  frappes  a  ^importation  d'une  taxe 
de  dix  pour  cent  ad  valorem. 

Appareils  photographiques ;  biere  de  toute  espece,  cidre, 
vermouth;  bois  dur,  planches  et  charpentes;  boites  a  musique; 
camphre  ratfine ;  caoutchouc  manufacture  ou  non ;  carmin  ;  cheveux ; 
confiseries  et  sucreries;  cuirs  de  qualite  superieure,  imprimes  ou 
peints;  cuirs  manufactures,  de  toute  espece;  fil  de  soie,  bourre  de 
soie  en  echeveaux;  instruments  de  musique  de  toute  espece;  laque 
ordinaire;  liqueurs  et  cordiaux  en  futs  et  en  bouteilles;  longues- 
vues,  telescopes  et  jumelles;  malles  et  valises;  matieres  explosives 
servant  aux  travaux  de  mine  (importees  avec  un  permis  special)  ; 
matieres  pour  sceaux  et  cachets;  miroirs  et  glaces,  etames  ou  non, 
avec  ou  sans  cadres;  objets  d'aineublement  de  toute  espece;  objets 
en  plaque  de  toute  espece ;  oeuvres  d'art ;  or  et  argent  en  feuilles ; 
papier  de  tenture,  peint  et  de  fantaisie;  parfumeries;  peintures, 
estampes,  photographies,  gravures  de  toute  espece,  encadrees  ou 
non;  jporcelaine  de  qualite  superieure;  poudre  a  dents;  savons  de 
qualite  superieure ;  sellerie  et  harnais ;  sucre  candi ;  tissus  de  soie, 
tels  que  gaze,  crepe,  moire  japonaise,  satin  damasse,  satin  a  fleurs, 
soie  blanche  japonaise  (kabutai),  etc.;  velours  de  soie;  vermilion; 
vetements  confectionnes  en  soie;  tous  objets  completement  manu- 
factures qui  ne  sont  pas  specialement  mentionnes  d'autre  part 
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CLASSE  V. — Ob  jets  frappes  d  ^importation  d'une  taxe 
de  vingt  pour  cent  ad  valorem. 

Ambre ;  armes  a  feu,  armes  de  chasse,  etc.,  munitions  de  chasse 
(importees  avec  un  permis  special)  ;  batOnnets  d'encens;  bijouterie 
vraie  ou  fausse,  pierres  precieuses ;  bois  de  senteur  de  toute  espece ; 
broderies  en  or,  argent  ou  soie;  cochenille.  corail,  entierement  ou 
partiellement  manufacture ;  comes  de  rhinoceros ;  ecaille,  manufac- 
tured ou  non;  e  pices  de  toute  espece;  esprits  en  futs  et  en 
bouteilles ;  flours  artificielles ;  f ourrures  de  qualite  superieure,  telles 
que  martre  zibeline,  loutre,  castor,  phoque,  etc.;  ginseng  rouge, 
cru  ou  clarifie;  ivoire,  manufacture  ou  non;  laque  de  qualite 
superieure;  muse;  nids  d'hirondelles;  objets  en  email;  objets  en 
jade;  parures  de  tete  en  or  ou  en  argent;  perles;  pieces  d'artifice; 
tabac  sous  toutes  ses  formes  et  de  toute  espece;  vaisselle  d'or  et 
d'argent;  voitures. 

CLASSE  VI. — Objets  prohibes  d  V importation* 

Armes,  munitions,  objets  servant  a  la  guerre,  tels  que  artillerie, 
canons,  balles  et  boulets,  armes  a  feu  de  toute  sorte,  cartouches, 
armes  portatives,  lances,  piques,  salpetre,  poudre  de  guerre,  coton- 
poudre,  dynamite  et  autres  matieres  explosives. 

Sur  la  demande  qui  leur  en  sera  faite  et  sur  la  preuve  qui 
leur  sera  fournie  du  bien  fonde  de  cette  demande,  les  autorites 
coreennes  delivreront  des  permis  speciaux  pour  Pimportation  des 
armes,  armes  a  feu  et  munitions  destinees  a  la  chasse  ou  a  la 
defense  personnelle. 

Drogues  et  medicaments  falsifies.  Fausse  monnaie,  de  toute 
espece.  Opium,  excepte  ropium  employe  en  rnedecine. 

Les  navires  etrangers  vendus  en  Coree  payeront  un  droit  de 
vingt-cinq  cents  par  tonne  pour  les  navires  a  voile  et  de  cinquante 
cents  par  tonne  pour  les  navires  a  vapeur. 

II.— TARIF  D'EXPORTATION. 

CLASSE  I. — Objets  exportes  en  franchise. 
Arbre,  arbustes,  plantes  de  toute  espece ;  bagages  de  voyageurs ; 


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echantillons   en   quantite   moderee;    monriaies  d'or  et  d'argent  de 
toute  espece ;  or  et  argent  fins. 

CLASSE  II. 

Tous  les  objets  et  produits  du  pays  non  enumeres  dans  la  classe 
I  payeront  un  droit  de  cinq  pour  cent   ad  valorem. 
^exportation  du  ginseng  rouge  est  interdite. 


REGLEMENT. 

1.  Pour  les  objets  importes,  les  droits  ad  valorem  de  ce  tarif 
seront  calcules  sur  les  prix  actuels  de  ces  objets  au  lieu  d'origine  ou 
de   fabrication,    augmente   du   fret,   de   Passurance,    etc.  Pour   les 
objets   exportes,   les   droits   ad   valorem   seront  calcules  d'apres  le 
cours  des  marches  en  Coree. 

2.  Les  droits  pourront  etre  acquittes  en  dollars  mexicains  on 
en  ((Yen))  japonais  d'argent. 

3.  Le    tarif    ci-dessus    d'importation    et    d'exportation    sera 
convert!  aussitot  que  faire  se   pourra  et  dans  la  mesure  ou  cette 
conversion  sera  reconnue  utile,  en  taxes  specifiques,  apres  entente 
entre  les  autorites  competentes  des  deux  pays. 

Seoul,  le  vingt-trois  mars  mil  neuf  cent  et  un,  correspondant  au 
vingt-troisieme  jour  du  troisieme  mois  de  la  cinquieme  annee  de 
Koing  Mou. 

[L.  s.]     LEON  VINCABT. 

[L.  s.]      (Signature  de  PAK  TJAI  SOUN). 


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CHINA. 


COMMERCIAL  TREATY,  SEPTEMBER  11,  1899. 

His  Majesty  the  Emperor  of  Korea  and  His  Majesty  the 
Emperor  of  China,  being  sincerely  desirous  of  establishing  permanent 
relations  of  harmony  and  friendship  between  their  respective  subjects, 
have  resolved  to  conclude  a  treaty  for  that  purpose,  and  have  there- 
fore named  as  their  plenipotentiaries,  that  is  to  say ; 

His  Majesty  the  Emperor  of  Korea,  Pak  Chai  Sun,  Korean 
minister  of  foreign  affairs,  minister  of  the  council  of  state,  etc., 
His  Majesty's  minister  plenipotentiary ; 

His  Majesty  the  Emperor  of  China,  Hsu  Shou  Peng,  an  official 
of  the  second  grade,  director  of  the  imperial  stud,  His  Majesty's 
minister  plenipotentiary ; 

Who,  after  having  communicated  to  each  other  their  respective 
full  powers,  found  in  due  and  good  form,  have  agreed  upon  and 
concluded  the  following  commercial  treaty : 

ARTICLE  I. 

There  shall  be  perpetual  peace  and  friendship  between  the 
Empire  of  Korea  and  the  Empire  of  China,  and  between  their 
respective  subjects,  who  shall  enjoy  equally  in  the  respective 
countries  of  the  High  Contracting  Parties  full  protection  and  the 
advantages  of  favorable  treatment. 

If  other  powers  should  deal  unjustly  or  oppressively  with  either 
Government,  the  other,  on  being  informed  of  the  case,  will  exert 
their  good  offices  to  bring  about  an  amicable  arrangement,  thus 
showing  their  friendly  feelings. 

ARTICLE  II. 

After  the  conclusion  of  this  treaty  of  amity  and  commerce, 
the  High  Contracting  Parties  may  each  appoint  diplomatic 


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representatives  to  reside  at  the  court  of  the  other,  and  may  each 
appoint  consular  representatives  at  the  ports  of  the  other  which  are 
open  to  foreign  commerce,  at  their  own  convenience. 

These  officials  shall  have  relations  with  the  corresponding  local 
authorities  of  equal  rank  upon  a  basis  of  mutual  equality. 

The  diplomatic  and  consular  representatives  of  the  two  Govern- 
ments shall  enjoy  mutually  all  the  privileges,  rights,  and  immunities, 
without  discrimination,  which  are  accorded  to  the  same  class  of 
representatives  from  the  most  favored  nation. 

Consuls  shall  exercise  their  functions  only  on  receipt  of  an 
exequatur  from  the  Government  to  which  they  are  accredited. 

No  restrictions  or  difficulties  shall  be  imposed  upon  the  move- 
ment of  the  members  of  the  official  establishments  of  either  country 
or  upon  messengers  carrying  official  dispatches. 

Consular  authorities  shall  be  bona  fide  officials.  No  merchant 
shall  be  permitted  to  exercise  the  duties  of  the  office,  nor  shall 
consular  officers  be  allowed  to  engage  in  trade. 

At  ports  to  which  no  consular  representatives  have  been  appointed 
the  consuls  of  the  other  powers  may  be  invited  to  act,  provided  that 
no  merchant  shall  be  allowed  to  assume  consular  functions. 

If  the  consular  representatives  of  either  country  conduct  their 
business  in  an  impropei-  manner,  they  shall  be  withdrawn  on  notice 
being  given  to  the  diplomatic  representatives  of  the  country 
concerned. 

ARTICLE  III. 

Merchants  and  merchant  vessels  of  Korea  visiting  Chinese 
treaty  ports  for  purpose  of  trade  shall  pay  import  and  export 
duties  and  tonnage  dues  and  all  other  charges  according  to  the 
Chinese  customs  regulations  and  on  the  same  terms  as  the  similar 
duties  levied  on  the  subjects  of  the  most  favored  nation. 

Chinese  merchants  and  merchant  vessels  visiting  Korean  treaty 
ports  for  purposes  of  trade  shall  pay  import  and  export  duties  and 
tonnage  dues  and  all  other  charges  according  to  the  Korean  customs 
regulations  and  upon  the  same  terms  as  the  duties  levied  upon  the 
subjects  of  the  most  favored  nation. 

The   subjects   of  both  powers  shall  be  allowed  to   resort   for 


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purposes  of  trade  to  all  the  open  ports  in  the  dominion  of  the 
other. 

Regulations  for  the  conduct  of  trade  and  the  customs  tariff 
shall  be  those  enjoyed  by  the  most  favored  nation. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

1.  Subjects  of  Korea  who  may  proceed  to  the  Chinese  open 
ports  may  reside  and  rent  premises  or  lease  land  and  erect  warehouses 
as  they  please  within  the  limits  of  the  settlements.     They  shall  be 
at  liberty  to  traffic  in  all  kinds  of  native  produce,  in  all  manufac- 
tured goods,  and  in  all  articles  that  are  not  declared  contraband. 

Subjects  of  China  who  may  proceed  to  the  Korean  open  ports 
may  reside  and  rent  premises  or  lease  land  and  erect  warehouses 
as  they  please  within  the  limits  of  the  settlements.  They  shall  be 
at  liberty  to  traffic  in  all  kinds  of  native  produce,  in  all  manufactured 
goods,  and  in  all  articles  that  are  not  declared  contraband. 

2.  All  questions  affecting  the  renting  of  land,  the  building  of 
houses,  the  laying  out  of  cemeteries,  the  payment  of  rent  and.  taxes, 
and  other  matters  of  a  similar  nature  at  the  treaty  ports  of  either 
country  are  to  be  determined  in  accordance  with  the  settlement  and 
municipal  council   regulations   of  the   ports,    which   must   not   be 
infringed. 

If  there  is,  in  addition  to  a  general  foreign  settlement  at  treaty 
port  in  either  country,  a  settlement  under  the  separate  control  of  a 
foreign  power,  questions  affecting  the  renting  of  land  and  similar 
matters  shall  be  governed  by  the  regulations  of  the  settlement,  which 
must  not  be  infringed. 

3.  Chinese  subjects  shall  enjoy  all  benefits  and  advantages 
granted  to  foreigners  with  reference  to  the  leasing  or  purchase  of 
land  or  houses  beyond  the  limits  of  the  foreign  settlements  at  the 
treaty  ports  of  Korea.     But  all  lands  so  occupied  shall  be  subject  to 
such  conditions  as  to  the  observance  of  Korean  local  regulations  and 
payment  of  land  tax  as  the  Korean  authorities  may  see  fit  to  impose. 

Korean  subjects  shall  enjoy  all  benefits  and  advantages  granted 
to  foreigners  with  reference  to  the  leasing  or  purchase  of  land  or 
houses  beyond  the  limits  of  the  foreign  settlements  at  the  treaty 
ports  of  China.  But  all  lands  so  occupied  shall  be  subject  to  such 


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conditions  as  to  the  observance  of  Chinese  local  regulations  and  the 
payment  of  land  tax  as  the  Chinese  authorities  may  see  fit  to 
impose. 

4.  The  subjects  of  neither  coimtry  shall  be  permitted  to  rent 
land  or  houses  or  open  warehouses  beyond  the  limits  of  the  area 
open  to  foreign  trade  at  the  treaty  ports  of  the  High  Contracting 
Parties.     The  penalty  for  a  breach  of  this  stipulation  shall  be  the 
confiscation  of  the  land  and  a  fine  of  twice,  their  original  value. 

5.  ISTo   coercion   or   intimidation   in   the  acquisition  or  lease 
of  land  shall  be  permitted  and  the  land  so  occupied  shall  remain  an 
integral  part  of  the  State. 

G.  If  merchandise  is  sent  by  the  subjects  of  one  of  the  High 
Contracting  Parties  from  one  treaty  port  in  the  other  country  to 
another  treaty  port  in  the  same  country  it  shall  be  subject  to  the 
same  dues  and  duties,  prohibitions  and  regulations  as  obtain  in  the 
case  of  the  subjects  of  the  most  favored  nation. 

ARTICLE  V. 

1.  A  Chinese  subject  who  commits  any  offense  in  Korea  shall 
be  tried  and  punished  by  the  Chinese  consular  authorities  according 
to  the  laws  of  China. 

A  Korean  subject  who  commits  any  offense  in  China  shall  be 
tried  and  punished  by  the  Korean  consular  officials  according  to  the 
laws  of  Korea. 

A  Chinese  subject  who  commits  any  offense  against  the  life 
or  property  of  a  Korean  in  China  shall  be  tried  and  punished  by  the 
Chinese  authorities  according  to  the  laws  of  China. 

A  Korean  subject  who  commits  any  offense  against  the  life 
or  property  of  a  Chinese  in  Korea  shall  be  tried  and  punished  by 
the  Korean  authorities  according  to  the  laws  of  Korea. 

When  controversies  arise  between  the  subjects  of  the  two 
countries  they  shall  be  decided  by  the  proper  official  of  nationality 
of  the  defendant  according  to  the  laws  of  that  country. 

The  properly  authorized  official  of  the  plaintiff's  nationality 
shall  be  permitted  to  attend  the  trial  and  watch  the  proceedings,  and 
shall  be  treated  with  the  courtesy  due  to  his  position.  If  he  so 
desires,  he  shall  have  the  right  to  call  and  examine  witnesses,  and  if 


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he   is   dissatisfied   with  the  proceedings  he  shall  be   permitted   to 
protest  against  them  in  detail. 

2.  If  a  subject  of  one  of  the  High  Contracting  Parties  who 
has   committed   an   offense  against  the  laws  of  his  country  takes 
refuge  on  the  premises  or  on  board  a  ship  owned  by  a  subject  of  the 
other  the  local  officials,  after  having  notified  the  consular  authorities, 
shall   send   police   to   assist   in   having  the   offender   arrested  and 
brought   to   justice.      The   authorities    of    the    nationality    of    the 
offender  shall  try  the  case.     No  protection  or  concealment  of  any 
such  person  shall  be  permitted. 

3.  If  a  subject  of  one  of  the  High  Contracting  Parties  who 
has   committed   an   offense  against  the  laws  of  his  country  takes 
refuge  in  the  dominions  of  the  other  the  authorities  of  the  latter 
country,  on  receiving  an  application,  shall  discover  and  hand  over 
such  person  to  his  country  for  trial.     No  concealment  or  protection 
of  any  such  person  shall  be  permitted. 

4.  When  in  the  subject  of  either    of  the  High  Contracting 
Parties  the  laws  and  legal  procedure  of  the  other  shall  have  been  so 
far    modified    and    reformed    as   to   remove   the   present   existing 
objections,    the    right    of    extra    territorial    jurisdictions    shall    be 
relinquished. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

In  China  the  export  of  rice  and  grain  to  foreign  countries  has 
always  been  prohibited.  There  is  no  prohibition  of  this  kind  in 
Korea,  but  it  is  agreed  that  whenever  there  is  reason  to  apprehend  a 
scarcity  of  food  within  the  limits  of  the  Empire  a  prohibition 
against  the  export  of  rice  and  grain  may  be  enforced,  and  shall 
be  binding  upon  Chinese  subjects  when  it  shall  have  been  officially 
communicated  by  the  Korean  local  authorities  to  the  Chinese 
authorities  concerned. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

If  the  subjects  of  either  of  the  High  Contracting  Parties  in 
their  commercial  dealings  with  each  other  are  guilty  of  fraud  or 
make  fictitious  sales,  or  do  not  pay  their  debts,  the  authorities  of 


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both  Powers  shall  use  stringent  measures  to  arrest  the  offenders  and 
obtain  payment  of  the  debts. 

The  Governments  of  the  High  Contracting  Powers  shall  not  be 
responsible  for  debts  of  this  nature. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

Chinese  subjects  shall  have  the. right  to  travel  under  passports 
in  the  interior  of  Korea  for  purposes  of  pleasure  or  trade.  They 
are,  however,  forbidden  to  reside  or  to  open  establishments  for  trade 
there.  The  penalties  for  a  breach  of  this  stipulation  are  the 
confiscation  of  the  goods  and  a  fine  of  twice  their  original  value. 

Korean  subjects  shall  have  the  right  to  travel  under  passports  in 
the  interior  of  China  for  purposes  of  pleasure  "or  trade,  and  shall 
receive  most  favored  nation  treatment  in  this  respect. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

The  purchase  of  arms,  munitions,  and  implements  of  war,  as 
ordnance  or  cannon,  shot  and  shell,  firearms  of  all  kinds,  cartridges,, 
sidearms,  spears  or  pikes,  saltpeter,  gunpowder,  gun  cotton,  dyna- 
mite, and  other  explosive  substances  is  permitted  only  to  the  officials 
of  the  two  Contracting  Powers,  and  they  may  be  imported  by  the 
subjects  of  either  only  under  a  written  permit  issued  by  the  officials 
of  the  country  into  which  they  are  imported. 

If  these  articles  are  clandestinely  imported  or  sold  they  shall  be- 
confiscated  and  the  offending  party  fined  twice  their  original  value. 

The  import  of  opium  into  Korea  is  prohibited,  and  if  either 
foreign  or  Chinese  grown  opium  is  imported  by  Chinese  subjects  it 
shall  be  confiscated  and  the  offending  party  fined  twice  its  original 
value. 

The  export  of  red  ginseng  from  Korea  has  always  been  pro- 
hibited. If  Chinese  subjects  clandestinely  buy  and  export  it  without 
the  special  permission  of  the  Korean  Government,  it  shall  be  seized 
and  confiscated  and  the  offenders  punished  as  circumstances  may 
require. 


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ARTICLE  X. 

Whenever  vessels  of  either  of  the  two  Contracting  States  are 
detained  on  the  coast  of  other  through  stress  of  weather  or  want  of 
fuel  or  provisions  they  may  enter  any  port  or  harbor  either  to  take 
refuge  therein  or  to  get  supplies,  or  to  toake  repair ;  the  expenses 
incurred  thereby  being  defrayed  by  the  ship's  master.  In  such 
event  the  officers  and  people  of  the  locality  shall  render  all  the 
assistance  in  their  power  and  furnish  the  necessaries  required. 

If  a  vessel  trades  clandestinely  at  a  port  not  open  to  commerce, 
or  at  any  place  where  she  is  forbid.den  to  proceed,  the  vessel,  with 
her  cargo,  whether  any  trade  has  actually  taken  place  or  not,  shall 
be  seized  and  confiscated  by  the  local  authorities  and  the  nearest 
customs  officials,  and  the  offenders  shall  incur  a  fine  of  twice  their 
original  value. 

Should  a  vessel  of  either  Power  be  wrecked  on  the  coast  of  the 
other,  the  local  authorities,  on  being  informed  of  the  occurrence,  shall 
immediately  render  assistance  to  the  crew,  provide  for  their 
immediate  necessities,  and  take  requisite  measures  for  the  salvage 
of  the  ship  and  the  preservation  of  her  cargo.  They  shall  also  bring 
the  matter  to  the  knowledge  of  the  nearest  consular  representative, 
in  order  that  steps  may  be  taken  to  send  the  crew  home  and  to  save 
the  ship  and  her  cargo.  The  necessary  expenses  shall  be  defrayed 
either  by  the  ship's  master  or  by  the  authorities  of  the  nationality 
of  the  vessel  concerned. 

ARTICLE  XL 

The  officers  and  people  of  either  Power  residing  at  trading 
places  in  the  dominions  of  the  other  shall  have  the  right  to  employ 
natives  in  any  lawful  capacity. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

After  the  present  treaty  has  been  concluded,  a  tariff  and  rules 
shall  be  drawn  up  to  regulate  the  frontier  trade  which  has  hitherto 
been  carried  on  between  the  two  Empires.  All  persons  who  have 
already  crossed  the  frontier  and  reclaimed  ground  shall  be  allowed 


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to  pursue  their  avocations  in  peace  and  enjoy  protection  for  their 
lives  and  property. 

From  this  time  forward  migration  across  the  frontier  shall  be 
prohibited  on  both  sides  in  order  to  avoid  complications. 

The  question  of  the  determination  of  the  site  of  a  trade  mart  is 
reserved  for  discussion  and  settlement  when  the  frontier  rules  come 
to  be  drawn  up. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

The  ships  of  war  of  each  country  shall  be  at  liberty  to  visit  all 
the  ports  of  the  other  whether  open  to  foreign  trade  or  not. 

They  shall  not  be  permitted  to  clandestinely  import  mer- 
chandise. 

Supplies  of  all  kinds  for  ships  of  war  of  either  country  shall 
not  be  liable  to  the  payment  of  duties. 

Officers  and  men  of  the  ships  of  war  of  either  country  may  land 
anywhere  in  the  territories  of  the  other,  but  shall  not  proceed  into 
the  interior  unless  they  are  provided  with  passports. 

If  articles  used  on  board  ship  are  for  any  reason  sold,  the 
purchaser  shall  pay  the  proper  duty. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

The  present  treaty  shall  be  ratified  by  His  Majesty  the  Emperor 
of  Korea  and  His  Majesty  the  Emperor  of  China  under  their  hands 
and  seals,  and  the  ratifications  shall  be  exchanged  at  Seoul  within  one 
year  at  the  latest  from  the  date  of  signature,  and  immediately 
thereafter  this  treaty  shall  be  in  all  its  provisions  publicly  proclaimed 
and  made  known  by  both  Governments  in  their  respective  countries, 
in  order  that  it  may  be  obeyed  by  their  subjects,  respectively. 

ARTICLE  XV. 

The  Chinese  written  character  being  common  to  both  Korea 
and  China,  this  treaty  and  future  official  correspondence  shall  be 
made  in  Chinese  for  the  sake  of  clearness. 


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Hsu  SHOU  PENG, 

Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Pleni- 
potentiary 2°°  Rank.  Director  of  the 
Imperial  Stud.  For  His  Majesty  the 
Emperor  of  China,  7th  day,  8th  moon, 
25th  year  of  Kuang  8u. 

PAK  CHAI  SUN, 

Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Pleni- 
potentiary. Minister  for  Foreign  Affairs 
and  Councillor  of  State,  llth  Septem- 
ber, 1899.  3d  year  of  Kwang  Mu. 


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DENMARK. 


TREATY  OF  FRIENDSHIP,  COMMERCE  A1STD 
NAVIGATION,  JULY  15,  1902. 

Sa  Majeste  le  Roi  de  Danemark  et  Sa  Majeste  PFmpereur  de 
Coree,  animes  du  desir  d'etablir  entre  le  Danemark  et  la  Coree 
des  relations  d'amitie,  de  commerce  et  de  navigation,  ont  resolu 
de  conclure  dans  ce  but  un  traite  et  ont,  a  cet  effet,  nomine  pour 
Leurs  Plenipotentiaires,  savoir: 

Sa  Majeste  le  Roi  de  Danemark, 

Monsieur  A.  Pavlow,  Commandeur  de  Pordre  de  Sainte-Anne 
et  de  Pordre  du  Danebrog,  etc.  etc.,  Chambellan  et  Envoye  Extra- 
ordinaire et  Ministre  Plenipotentiaire  de  Sa  Majeste  PEmpereur  de 
toutes  les  Russies  a  Seoul; 

Sa  Majeste  PEmpereur  de  Coree, 

Monsieur  Yu-keu-hwan,  Dignitaire  du  deuxieme  rang  de  la 
deuxieme  classe,  ayant  le  titre  de  "  Tsa  heun  ",  Membre  du  Conseil 
de  P Empire,  gerant  le  ministere  des  Affaires  Etrangeres,  Chambellan 
et  Lieutenant-General ; 

Lesquels,  apres  s'etre  communique  leurs  pleins  pouvoirs,  trouves 
en  bonne  et  due  forme,  sont  convenus  des  dispositions  suivantes : 


ARTICLE    I.   • 

II  y  aura  paix  et  amitie  perpetuelles  entre  Sa  Majeste  le  Roi 
de  Danemark  d'une  part,  et  Sa  Majeste  PEmpereur  de  Coree 
d'autre  part,  ainsi  qu^entre  les  ressortissants  des  deux  Etats,  sans 
exception  de  personnes  ni  de  lieux.  Les  Danois  et  les  Coreens 
jouiront,  dans  les  territoires  relevant  respectivement  des  Hautes 
Parties  contractantes,  d'une  pleine  et  entiere  protection  pour  leurs 
personnes  et  leurs  proprietes. 


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AETICLE    II. 

1.  Chacune  des  Hautes  Parties  contractantes  pourra  nommer 
un  representant  diplomatique,  qui  aura  la  faculte  de  resider  d'une 
fagon  permanente  ou  temporaire  dans  la  capitale  et  auasi  designer 
un  consul  general,  des  consuls  ou  vice-consuls,  qui  resideront  dans 
les  villes  ou  ports  de  Pautre  Etat,  ouverts  au  commerce  etranger. 

Les  agents  diplomatiques  ou  consulaires  des  deux  Etats 
jouiront,  dans  le  pays  de  leur  residence,  de  tous  les  avantages  et 
immunites  dont  jouissent  les  agents  diplomatiques  et  consulaires  des 
autres  Etats. 

2.  Les  agents  diplomatiques  et  consulaires,  ainsi  que  les  per- 
sonnes  attachees  a  leurs  missions,  pourront  librement  voyager  sur 
tout  le  territoire  du  pays  de  leur  residence,  excepte  le  Greenland, 
faisant  partie  des  possessions   Danoises*     Les   autorites   coreennes 
fourniront  aux  agents  danois,  voyageant  en  Coree,  des  passeports  et 
tine  escorte  suffisante  pour  les  proteger  en  cas  de  necessite. 

3.  Les    agents    consulaires    des    deux    pays    exerceront    leurs 
fonctions  apres  avoir  ete  dument  autorises  par  le  Souverain  ou  le 
Gouvernement  du  pays  de  leur  residence.     II  leur  est  interdit  de  se 
livrer  au  commerce. 

4.  Dans  le  cas  ou  Tune  des  Hautes  Parties  contractantes  ne 
croirait   pas  devoir  user  de  la  faculte,  qui  est  donnee  a  chacune 
d'elles,  de  nommer  des  consuls  dans  les  villes  et  ports  de  1'autre, 
ouverts  au  commerce  etranger,  elle  pourra  en  confier  les  fonctions 
aux  agents  d'une  puissance  tierce. 

ARTICLE  III. 

1.  En   ce   qui   concerne   leurs   personnes   et   leurs   biens,   les 
[Danois  en  Coree  releveront  exclusivement  de  la  juri diction  danoise. 
Les  proces  qu'un  Danois  ou  un  etranger  intenteraient,  en  Coree, 
contre  un  Danois,  seront  juges  par  1'autorite  consulaire  danoise  sans 
que  1'autorite  coreenne  puisse  aucunement  intervenir. 

2.  Tout  Danois  mis  en  cause  par  les  autorites  coreennes  ou 
par  un  sujet  coreen  sera,  de  meine,  en  Coree,  juge  par  Uautorite 
consulaire  danoise. 

3.  Tout  Coreen,  mis  en  cause  par  les  autorites  danoises  ou  par 


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un  Danois,  sera  juge  par  1'autorite  coreenne. 

4.  Les  Danois  qui  commettraient  en  Coree  des  delits  ou  des 
crimes,  seront  punis  par  1'autorite  danoise  competente  et  conforme- 
ment  a  la  loi  danoise. 

5.  Les  crimes  ou  delits  dont  un  Coreen  se  rendrait  coupable 
en  Coree  au  prejudice  d'un  Danois,  seront  juges  et  punis  par  les 
autorites  coreennes  et  conformement  a  la  loi  coreene. 

6.  Toute    plainte    dirigee    contre    un    Danois    et    susceptible 
d'entrainer  une  peine  pecuniaire,  ou  la  confiscation  pour  violation, 
soit   du    present    traite,    soit    des    reglements    y    annexes    ou    des 
reglements  futurs  a  intervenir,  devra  etre  portee  devant  1'autorite 
consulaire  danoise :  les  amendes  et  confiscations  prononcees  demeure- 
ront  an  profit  du  Gouvernement  Coreen. 

7.  Les  marchandises  danoises,  saisies  par  les  autorites  coreen- 
nes, dans  un  port  ouvert,  seront  mises  sous  scelles,  conjointement  par 
les  autorites  des  deux  pays.     Les  autorites  coreennes  en  auront  la 
garde   jusqii'a.   ce    que   1'autoritc    consulaire    danoise   ait  rendu  sa 
decision.      Si    cette    decision    est    en    faveur    du    proprietaire    des 
marchandises,  celles-ci  seront  immediatement  mises  a  la  disposition 
du  consul.     En  tout  etat  de  cause,  le  proprietaire  pourra  ton  jours 
rentrer    en    possession    de   ses   marchandises,    a    la    condition    d'en 
deposer    la    valeur    entre    les    mains    des    autorites    coreennes    en 
attendant  la  decision  de  1'autorite  consulaire  danoise. 

8.  Dans  toutes  les  causes,   soit  civiles,  soit   penales,   portees 
devant  un  tribunal  coreen  ou  un  tribunal  consulaire  danois  en  Coree, 
un  fonctionnaire,  appartenant  a  la  nationalite  du  demandeur  ou 
plaignant,  et  dument  autorise  t\  cet  effet,  pourra  tou jours  assister  a 
Faudience  et  sera  traite  avec  les  egards  convenables.     II  pourra, 
quand  il  le  jugera  necessaire,  citer,  interroger  contradictoirement  les 
temoins,  protester  contre  la  procedure  et  la  sentence. 

9.  Si  un  Coreen,  prevenu   d'une  infraction  aux  lois  de  son 
pays,  se  refugie  dans  une  maison  occupee  par  un  Danois,  ou  a  bord 
d'un  navire  danois,  les  autorites  coreenes  s'adresseront  au  consul  de 
Danemark.     Celui-ci  prendra  les  mesures  necessaires  pour  le  faire 
arreter  et  pour  le  remettre  entre  les  mains  des  autorites  coreennes  a 
qui  il  appartient  de  le  juger.     Aucun  fonctionnaire  ni  agent  coreen 
ne  pourra,  sans  la  permission  du  consul  de  Danemark,  penetrer  dans 
les  magasins  ou  la  demeure  d'un  Danois,  ou  mettre  le  pied  sur  un 


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navire  danois,  a  moins  que  le  resident  danois  ou  le  commandant  du 
navire  n'y  donne  son  consentement. 

10.  Les  autorites  coreennes  arreteront  et  remettront  a  Pautorite 
consulaire  danoise  competente,  sur  sa  requete,  tout  Danois  prevenu 
de  crime  ou  delit  et  tout  deserteur  des  navires  de  guerre  ou  de 
commerce  danois. 

11.  Le  droit  de  juridiction,  reconnu  aux  consuls  danois.  sur 
leurs  nationaux  en  Coree,  sera  abandonne  quand,  dans  Popinion  du 
Gouverneinent  Danois,  les  lois  et  la  procedure  coreennes  auront  ete 
modifiees  et  reformees  de  telle  sorte,  qu'il  n'y  ait  plus  d'objections  a 
placer    les    Danois    sous    la    juridiction    territoriale    et    quand    la 
magistrature   coreenne    presentera,    au  point  de  vue  de  Pindepen- 
dance  et  des  connaissances  juridiques,  les  memes  garanties  que  les 
magistrats  danois. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

1.  Les  ports  et  localites  suivants  sont  ouverts  au  commerce 
danois  a  partir  du  jour  de  la  mise  en  vigeur  du  traite : 

Chemoulpo,  Wonsan,  Fusan,  Tjin-nam-hpo,  Kounsan,  Mok-hpo, 
Ma-san-hpo,  Syeng-tjin  et  Hpyeng-yang  et  les  villes  de  Seoul  et  de 
Yang-houa-tjin. 

Dans  le  cas  ou  toutes  les  piiissances  qui  ont  deja  conclu  des 
traites  avec  la  Coree  ou  qui  viendraient  a  en  conclure  ulterieurement, 
consentiraient  a  renoncer  au  droit,  confere  par  ces  traites  a  leurs 
nationaux,  d'ouvrir  des  etablissements  de  commerce  dans  la  ville  de 
Seoul,  ce  droit  ne  serait  pas  reclame  en  faveur  des  commergants 
danois. 

2.  Dans  les  localites  susnomraees,  les  Danois  auront  le  droit 
de  louer   ou   d'acheter   des  terrains   et   des   maisons,    d'elever  des 
constructions  et  d'etablir  des   magasins  et  des  manufactures.     Us 
auront  la  liberte  de  pratiquer  leur  religion.      Tous  les  arrangements 
relatifs  au  choix,  a  la  delimitation,  a  Pamenagement  des  concessions 
etrangeres,  ainsi  qu'a  la  vente  des  terrains  dans  les  differents  ports 
ou  villes  ouverts  au  commerce  etranger,  seront  concertes  entre  les 
autorites  coreennes  et  les  autorites  etrangeres  competentes. 

3.  Les  emplacements,  affectes  aux  concessions,  seront  achetes 
aux  proprietaires  et  amenages  pour  leur  nouvelle   destination   par 


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les  soins  du  Gouvernemenj;  Coreen:  le  remboursement  des  frais 
d'expropriation  et  d'amenagement  sera  preleve,  par  privilege,  sur 
le  produit  de  la  vente  des  terrains.  Une  redevance  annuelle,  dont 
le  montant  sera  fixe  d'un  commnn  accord  par  Padministration 
coreenne  et  les  autorites  etrangeres,  sera  payee  a  Pautorite  locale,  qui 
en  retiendra  une  part,  a  titre  de  compensation  pour  la  taxe  fonciere ; 
le  reste  de  cette  redevance,  ainsi  que  le  reliquat  provenant  de  la 
vente  des  terrains,  constitueront  un  fond  municipal,  administre 
par  un  conseil,  dont  la  constitution  sera  niter ieurement  reglee  par 
une  entente  entre  les  autorites  coreennes  et  les  autorites  etrangeres. 

4.  Les  Danois  pourront  louer  ou  acheter  des  terrains  et  des 
maisons  an  dela  des  limites  des  concessions  etrangeres  et  dans  une 
zone  de  dix  lis  de  Coree  autour  de  ces  limites.     Mais  les  terrains 
ainsi   occupes  seront  sournis  aux  reglements   locaux   et  aux  taxes 
f oncieres  dans  les  conditions  que  les  autori'tes  coreennes  croiraient 
devoir  fixer. 

5.  Dans    chacune    des    localites    ouvertes    an    commerce,    les 
autorites    coreennes    affecteront   gratuitement,    a   la   sepulture   des 
Danois,  un  terrain  convenable  sur  lequel  aucune  redevance,  taxe 
ni  impot  ne  sera  etabli  et  dont  Padministration   sera  confiee   au 
conseil  municipal  susmentionne. 

6.  Les  Danois  pourront  circuler  librement  dans  une  zone  de  cent 
lis  autour  des  ports  et  des  villes  ouverts  au  commerce,  ou  dans  telles 
limites  que  les  autorites  competentes  des  deux  pays  auront  determi- 
nees  d'un  commun  accord. 

Les  Danois  pourront  egalement,  a  la  seule  condition  d'etre 
munis  de  passeports,  se  rendre  dans  toutes  les  parties  du  territoire 
coreen  et  y  voyager  pour  leur  plaisir  ou  dans  un  but  commercial 
d'acheter  des  produits  locaux,  de  transporter  et  de  vendre  des 
marchandises  de  toute  espece,  sauf  les  livres  et  publications  defendus 
par  le  Gouvernement  Coreen,  et  sans  pouvoir,  toutef ois,  ouvrir  des 
magasins  ni  creer  des  etablissements  commerciaux  permanents  dans 
1'Interieur. 

Les  passeports  seront  delivres  par  les  consuls  et  revetus  de  la 
signature  ou  du  sceau  de  Pautorite  locale.  Us  devront  etre  produits 
a  toute  requisition.  Si  le  passeport  est  en  regie,  le  porteur  pourra 
circuler  librement  et  il  lui  sera  loisible  de  se  procurer  les  moyens 
de  transport  necessaires.  Le  Danois  qui  voyagerait  sans  passeport 


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an  dela  des  limites  susmentionnces  ou  qui,  dans  1'interieur,  comrnet- 
trait  quelquc  delit  ou  crime  sera  arrete  et  remis  au  plus  prochain 
consul  de  Danemark  pour  etre  puni.  Une  amende  de  100  piastres 
mexicaines  au  maximum,  avec  ou  sans  emprisonnement  d'un  mois  au 
plus,  pourra  etre  prononcee  contre  toute  personne  voyageant  sans 
passeport  en  dehors  des  limites  fixees. 

7.  Les  Danois  en  Coree  seront  soumis  aux  rcglements  munici- 
paux,  de  police  ou  autres,  qui  seront  etablis,  de  concert,  par  les 
autorites  competentes  des  deux  pays,  dans  1'interet  du  bon  ordre  et 
de  la  paix  publique  et  ils  seront  passibles  des  peines  a  prononcer  par 
leur  consul. 

AIITICLK  V. 

1.  Dans   toute   localite   ouverte    au    commerce    etranger,    les 
Danois  pourront,  apres  acquittement  des  droits  inscrits  au  tarif  ci- 
annexe,   importer  d'un  port  etranger  ou   d'un   port   coreen   ouvert, 
vendre  ou  acheter,  quelle  que  soit  la  nationalite  de  1'acheteur  ou  du 
vendeur,  exporter  a   destination   d'un   port   etranger  ou    d'un   port 
coreen  ouvert  toutes  especes  de  marchandises  non  prohibees  par  le 
present  traite.     Ils  auront  pleine  liberte  de  faire,  sans  1'intervention 
de   1'autorite   coreenne   ni   d'autres    intermediaires,    tons    actes    de 
commerce  avec  les  sujets  coreens  ou  autres ;  ils  pourront  ogaleruent, 
et  en  toute  liberte,  se  livrer  a  1'industrie. 

2.  Les  proprietaires  ou  consignataires  de  toute  marchandise, 
importee  d'un  port  etranger,  et  pour  laquelle  le  droit  du  tarif  vise 
ci-dessus  aura  ete  acquitte,  pourront  obtenir  un  certificat  de  draw- 
back, pour  le  montant  du  droit  d'importation,  si  toutefois  la  mar- 
chandise est  reexportee  vers  un  port  etranger  dans  un  delai  de  treize 
mois  coreens  a  dater  de  1'importation  et  pourvu  que  les  enveloppes 
en  soient  reconnues  intactes.     Ces  drawbacks  seront  rembourses  sur 
demande  par  la  douane  coreenne  ou  regus  a  Tacquit  des  droits  dans 
tout  port  coreen  ouvert. 

3.  Les  droits  acquittes  sur  des  marchandises  coreennes,    ex- 
pediees  de  port  ouvert  a  port  ouvert  en  Coree,  seront  restitues  au 
port  d'expedition,  si  1'interesse  produit  un  certificat  des  douanes, 
attestant  1'arrivee  des  marchandises  au  port  de  destination,  ou  s'il 
pent  etre  diiment  prouve  qu'elles  ont  peri  par  fortune  de  mer. 


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4.  Toutes    les    marchandises,    importees   par   des    Danois    en 
Coree,  et  pour  lesquelles  les  droits  inscrits  an  tarif  ci-annexe  auront 
ete  acquittes,  pourront  etre  reexpediees  dans  tout  ajitre  port  coreen 
ouvert,  en   franchise  de  droits,  et   si  elles  sont  transporters  dans 
1'interieur,  elles  ne  seront,  sur  quelque  point  du  pays  que  ce  soit, 
soumises  a  aucune  taxe  additionnelle  ni  a  aucun  droit  d'accise  ou  de 
transit.     De  la  meme  maniere,  le  transport  vers  les  ports  ouverts  de 
•tous  les  produits  coreens,  destines  a  F  exportation,  se  fera  en  pleine 
franchise  et  ces  produits  ne  seront,  soit  au  lieu  de  production,  soit 
durant  le  trajet  d'un  point  quelconque  du  pays  vers  un  port  ouvert, 
soumis  au  payement  d'aucune  taxe  ni  d'aucun  droit  d'accise  ou  de 
transit. 

5.  Le   Gouvernement   Coreen  pourra  affreter  des  navires  de 
commerce  danois  pour  le  transport  des  marchandises  ou  des  voyageurs 
vers  les  ports  coreens  non  ouverts;  les  sujets  coreens  jouiront  de  la 
meme  faculte,  apres  autorisation  des  autorites  locales. 

6.  Lorsque  le  Gouvernement  Coreen  aura  lieu  de  craindre  une 
disette  dans  Pempire,  Sa  Majeste  1'Empereur  de  Coree  pourra,  par 
decret,    interdire    temporairement    1'exportation  •  des    grains    pour 
Fetranger  par  un  ou  par  tons  les  ports  coreens  ouverts ;  cette  prohibi- 
tion deviendra  obligatoire  pour  les  Danois  en  Coree  un  mois  apres  la 
date  de  la  communication  officielle,  faite  par  Pautorite  coreenne  au 
consul  de  Danemark  du  port  interesse,  mais  elle  ne  restera  en  vigeur 
que  le  temps  strictement  necessaire. 

7.  Tout   navire   de   commerce   danois    payera    des    droits   de 
tonnage  a  raison  de  30  cents  mexicains  par  tonneau  de  registre. 
Cette  somme  une  fois  payee,  il  sera  permis  au  navire  de  se  rendre 
dans  tout  port  coreen  ouvert,  durant  une  periode  de  quatre  mois, 
sans  acquitter  d'autre  taxe.     Le  produit  des  droits  de  tonnage  sera 
affecte   a   la   construction   de   phares,    de   balises   et    de   bouees,   a 
Feclairage  et  au  balisage  des  cotes  de  Coree,  principalement  aux 
approches  des  ports  ouverts,  a  Famenagement  et  a  Pamelioration  des 
mouillages. 

Aucun  droit  de  tonnage  ne  sera  per§u  sur  les  bateaux,  employes 
dans  les  ports  ouverts  au  chargement  ou  au  dechargement  des 
cargaisons. 

8.  Pour  assurer  1'execution  pleine  et  entiere  du  present  traite, 
il  est  convenu  que  le  tarif  et  les  reglements  commerciaux,  ci  apres 


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inseres,  entreront  en  vigueur  en  meme  temps  que  le  traite  lui-meme. 
Les  autorites  competentes  des  deux  pays  pourront,  quand  elles  le 
jugeront  opportun,  reviser  ses  reglements  en  vue  d'y  introduire, 
d'un  commun  accord,  telles  modifications  ou  additions  dont  1'experi- 
ence  demontrerait  Putilite. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

1.  Tout  Danois  qui  introduirait  ou  tenterait  d'introduire  en 
fraude  des  marchandises  dans  un   port  ou  dans  une  localite  non 
ouverts  au  commerce  etranger  en  Coree,  encourra  outre  la  confisca- 
tion, une  amende  egale  au  double  de  la  valeur  des  marchandises. 

2.  Les  autorites  coreennes  pourront  arreter  tout  Danois,  preve- 
nu  de  contrebande  ou  de  tentative  de  ce  delit  a  charge  de  le  remettre 
sans  retard  entre  les  mains  du  consul  de  Danemark  competent  pour 
le  juger.     Elles  pourront  egalement  saisir  les  marchandises  et  les 
conserver  jusqu'au  jugement  definitif  de  Paffaire. 

AliTICI/E    VII. 

1.  Si  un  navire  danois  fait  naufrage  ou  s'echoue  sur  les  cotes 
de  Coree,  les  autorites  locales  prendront  immediatement  les  mesures 
necessaires  pour  defendre  contre  le  pillage  le  navire  et  la  cargaison, 
pour   proteger   contre    tout   mauvais   traitement   1'equipage   et    les 
passagers  et  pour  leur  preter  aide  et  assistance.     Elles  donneront 
aussitot  avis  du  naufrage  au  consul  de  Danemark  le  plus  voisin 
et  fourniront,  le  cas  echeant,  aux  naufrages  le  moyen  de  gagner 
le  port  ouvert  le  plus  proche. 

2.  Toutes  les  depenses  faites   par   le   Gouvernement   Coreen 
pour  porter  secours  a  des  Danois  naufrages,  pour  leur  fournir  des 
vetements,  des  vivres,  des  soins  medicaux  et  des  moyens  de  transport, 
pour  recueillir  les  corps  des  decedes  et  proceder  a  leurs  funerailles, 
seront  remboursees  par  le  Gouvernement  Danois. 

3.  Le  Gouvernement  Danois  ne  sera  pas  garant  du  rembourse- 
ment  des  depenses,  faites  pour  le  sauvetage  et  la  conservation  des 
navires  naufrages  ou  de  leur  cargaison.     Ce  remboursement  reste 
garanti  par  la  valeur  des  objets  sauves  et  devra  etre  effectue  par 
les  parties  inter essees,  lors  de  la  remise  des  dits  objets. 


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4.  Le  Gouvcrnement  Coreen  ne  reclamera  aucuii  rembourse- 
ment,  ni  pour  les  depenses  de  ses  agents,  fonctionnaires  locaux  on 
employes  de  police  qui  auront  procede  an  sauvetage,  ni  pour  les 
frais  de  voyage  des  agents,  charges  d'escorter  les  naufrages,  ni  pour 
les  frais  de  correspondance  officielle.     Ces  depenses  resteront  a  la 
charge  du  Gouvernement  Coreen. 

5.  Tout   navire   marchand   danois  que  le  mauvais  temps,  le 
manque  de  vivres,   de  combustibles  on  d'eau  potable  obligerait  a 
relacher   dans   un  port  de   Coree  non  ouvert,   pourra  y  faire  des 
reparations  et  s'y  procurer  les  provisions  necessaires.     Les  depenses 
seront  payees  par  le  capitaine  du  navire. 

ARTICLE  \rIIL 

1.  Les   navires   de   guerre   de   chacune    des    Hautes    Parties 
contractantes  auront  le  droit  d'entrer  dans  tous  les  ports  de  1'autre. 
Us   jouiront   de   toutes   les   facilites   pour   Pachat  de  toute  espece 
d'approvisionnements  et  pour  les  reparations  necessaires  et  ne  seront 
pas  soumis  aux  reglements  de  commerce  ou  de  ports.     De  meme 
ils  n'auront  a  payer  aucim  droit  d'entree,  ni  aucune  taxe  de  port. 

2.  Quand  un  navire  de  guerre  danois  enterera  dans  un  port 
coreen  non  ouvert  au  commerce  etranger,  ses  officiers  et  son  equipage 
auront   le    droit   de   descendre    a   terre,  mais  ils  ne  pourront  pas 
penetrer  a  1'interieur  sans  etre  munis  de  passeports  a  cet  effet. 

3.  Les    approvisionnements    de    toute    espece,    destines    aux 
besoins  de  la  flotte  danoise,  peuvent  etre  debaroues  dans  les  ports 
ouverts  de  la  Coree  et  y  etre  conserves  dans  des  depots  sous  la 
surveillance  d'un  employe  nomme  par  le  Gouvernement  Danois,  sans 
que  ces  approvisionnements 'aient  a  payer  aucun  droit  d'entree.     Mais 
si  les  dits  approvisionnements  etaient  vendus,  1'acheteur  verserait 
aux  autorites  coreennes  les  droits  d'entree  correspondants. 

ABTICLE  IX. 

1.  Les  autorites  danoises  et  les  Danois  en  Coree  pourront 
engager  des  sujets  coreens  a  titre  de  lettre,  d'interprete,  de  serviteur 
ou  a  tout  autre  titre  licite,  sans  que  les  autorites  coreennes  puissent 
y  mettre  obstacle.  Reciproquement  les  Danois  pourront  etre  engages 

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dans    Irs    niemes   conditions    an    service    du    Gouvernement   ou   des 
sujets  eoreens. 

2.  Les  Danois  qui  so  rondraient  en  Coree  pour  y  etudier  ou  y 
professer  la  langue  ecrite  on  parlee,  les  sciences,  les  lois,  les  arts  et 
rindnstrie  ou  pour  y  fa  ire  des  reclierches  scientifiques,  devront  en 
temoignage  de  sentiments  de  bonne  amitie  dont  sont  animees  los 
Ilautes  Parties  contractantes,  recevoir  toujours  aide  et  assistance. 
Les  Coreens  qui  se  rend  rout  en  Danemark  y  jouiront  des  niemes 
avantages. 

ARTICLE  X. 

A  dater  du  jour  de  Fentree  en  vigueur  du  present  traite,  le 
Gouvernement  Danois,  ses  agents  et  ses  ressortissants  jouiront  dc 
tons  les  privileges,  immunites  et  avantages — pour  ce  qui  cst 
surtout  des  taxes  d'importation  et  d'exportation — dont  jouissent  ou 
jouiraient  apres  1'echange  des  ratifications  du  present  traite  les 
gouvernements,  agents  ou  ressortissants  de  toute  autre  puissance. 


ARTICLE  XI. 

Dix  ans  apres  Fentree  en  vigueur  du  present  traite,  chacune  des 
Hautes  Parties  contractantes  pourra,  a  charge  de  prevenir  Fautre 
partie  un  an  a  Favance,  demander  une  revision  du  traite  ou  des 
tarifs  y  annexes,  en  vue  d'y  introduire,  d'un  commun  accord,  telles 
modifications  dont  Fexperience  aurait  demontre  Futilite. 

Dans  le  cas  ou  la  Coree  modifierait  ses  traitcs  avec  le  consente- 
ment  de  toutes  les  puissances  avec  lesquelles  elle  est  en  relations 
officielles,  le  Danemark  devra  egalement  y  consentir,  meme  avant 
Fexpiration  du  present  traite. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

1.  Le  present  traite  est  redige  en  frangais  et  en  chinois.  Les 
deux  textes  ont  etc  soigneusement  confrontes  et  il  a  etc  reconiiu 
qu'ils  avaient  le  meme  sens.  II  est  convenu,  toutefois,  que  le  texte 
fran^ais  ferait  foi  si  quelque  divergence  venait  a  se  produire  dans 
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2.  Toutes  les  communications  officielles,  adressees  aux  autorites 
coreennes  par  les  autorites  danoises  seront  provisoirement  accom- 
pagnees  d'une  traduction  en  langue  cbinoise. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

Les  Hautes  Parties  contractantes  convicnnent  de  recourir  a 
1'arbitrage  pour  toutes  les  contestations  auxquelles  pourrait  donner 
lieu  1'interprctation  ou  Pexccution  du  present  traite. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

Le  present  traite  sera  ratifie  par  Sa  Majcste  le  Eoi  de  Danemark 
et  par  Sa  Majestc  PEmpereur  de  Coree  et  revetu  de  leurs  signatures 
et  de  leurs  sceaux  respectifs ;  les  ratifications  seront  echangees  a 
Seoul  dans  le  delai  d'un  an  ou  plus  tot  si  faire  se  pout.  II  sera 
promulgue  par  les  soins  des  deux  Gouvernements  ct  entrera  en 
vigueur  le  jour  de  1'echange  des  ratifications. 

En  foi  de  quoi  les  Plenipotentiaires  respectifs  ont  signe  le 
present  traite,  fait  en  triple  exemplaire,  ct  y  ont  appose  leurs 
cachets. 

Fait  a  Seoul,  le  quinzieme  juillet  1902,  mil  neuf  cent  et  deux, 
corrcspondant  au  quinzieme  jour  du  septieme  mois  de  la  sixieme 
de  Koing  Mou. 

(Signe)   A.  EAVLOW.  (Signe)  YU-KEU-IIWAN. 

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REGULATIONS  RELATING  TO  DANISH 
TRADE  IN  COREA. 

I. — Entree  et  sortie  des  navires. 

1.  Dans  les  quarante-huit  heures  (dimanches  et  jours  de  fete 
nori   comptes)    qui   suivront   Parrivee    d'un    batiment   danois   dans 
un  port  coreen,  le  capitaine  devra  remettre  aux  autorites  douanieres 
coreennes  un  recepisse  du  consul  de  Dancmark,  attestant  que  les 
papiers  de  bord  ont  ete  deposes  au  consulat.      II  fera,   en  in  erne 
temps,  la  declaration  d'entree  de  son  navire,  en  indiquant,  par  ecrit^ 
son  nom  et  celui  de  son  batiment,  le  port  d'ou  il  vient,  le  nombre  et, 
si  la  demande  lui  en  est  faite,  les  noms  des  passagers,  le  tonnage,  le 
nombre  des   homines   d'equipage.      Oette  declaration  sera  certifies 
sincere  et  veritable  par  le  capitaine  et  signee  par  lui.     II  deposera,  en 
meme  temps,  une  expedition  de  son  manifeste  indiquant  les  marques, 
numeros  ct  contenus  des  colis,  tels  qu'ils  sont  portes  aux  connaisse- 
ments,    et    le    nom    des    consignataires.       Le    capitaine    attestera 
Pexactitude  du  manifeste  et  le  signera.      (1ette    declaration    ainsi 
dressee,  les  autorites  douanieres  dclivreront  un  permis  d'ouvrir  les 
ecoutilles,  qui  sera  montrc  a  bord  au  prepose  de  la  douane.     Le  fait 
de  rompre  charge  sans  ce  permis  rendra  le  capitaine  passible  d'une 
amende  de  cent  dollars  mexicains  au  plus. 

2.  Si  une  erreur  est  constatee  dans  le  manifeste,  elle  pourra 
etre  corrigee,  sans   frais,  dans   vingt-quatre   heures    (dimanches   et 
jours  de  fete  non  comptes)  de  la  declaration;  mais,  ce  delai  expire, 
il   sera   per§u  pour  tout   changement   ou  toute   declaration  supplc- 
mentaire,  un  droit  de  cinq  dollars  mexicains. 

3.  Tout    capitaine    qui    negligcrait    de    faire    la    declaration 
susdite  dans  les  delais  fixes,  sera  passible  d'une  amende  de  cinquante 
dollars  mexicains  pour  chaquc  jour  de  retard. 

4.  Tout   navire   danois  qui    sejournerait   dans    le   port  moins 
de  quarante-huit  heures  (dimanches  et  jours  de  fete  non  comptes)  et 
n'ouvrirait  pas  ses  ecoutilles,  ou   quc,  soit   le  mauvais  temps,   soit 
le  manque  de  vivrcs,  forcerait  u  relacher,  nc  sera  soumis  ni  a  la 
declaration,  ni  au  pavement  des   droits  de    tonnage,    tant   qu'il   ne 
fera  pas  operation  de  commerce. 

5.  Tout  capitaine  qui  voudra  prcndre  la  mer,   remettra  aux 


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autorites  douanieres  un  manifeste  d'exportation  analogue  au 
manifesto  d'importation.  Les  autorites  douanicros  delivreront  alors 
un  certificat  de  conge  et  restitueront  le  recepisse  consulaire  des 
papiers  de  bord.  Ces  documents  seront  presentes  an  consulat  afin 
<Le  permettre  au  capitaine  de  retirer  ses  papiers  de  bord. 

6.  Tout  capitaine  qui  prendrait  la  mcr  sans  faire  la  declara- 
tion  susdite,   sera   passible   d'une   amende    de   deux    cents   dollars 
mexicains  au  maximum. 

7.  Les  navires  a  vapour  danois  pourront  entrer  et  sortir  le 
meme  jour  sans  etre  astreints  a  produire  de  manifeste  d'importation, 
si  ce  n'est  pour  les  seules  marchandises,  debarquees  ou  transbordees 
dans  le  port. 

II. — Debarquement  et  embarquement  de  cargaison. 
Payement  des  droits. 

1.  Tout  importateur  de  marchandises  qui  desire  les  debarquer, 
adressera,  a  cet  eft'et,   a  la  douane,  une  demande  certifies  sincere, 
indiquant   son   nom,    le  nom   du  navire  employe  au  transport,  les 
marques,  les  numeros,  le  contenu  et  la  valeur  des  colis.     L'autorite 
douaniere  pourra  exiger  la  production  de  la  facture  pour  toute  con- 
signation de  marchandises.     Faute  de  la  produire  et  a  defaut  eFune 
explication  suffisante,  le  proprietaire  ne  pourra  debarquer  ses  mar- 
chandises qu'apres  payement  du  double  des  droits,  inscrits  au  tarif ; 
le  supplement  ainsi  pergu  sera  restitue  si  la  facture  est  produite. 

2.  Les  marchandises  declarees  seront  examinees  par  les  agents 
des  douanes  dans  des  endroits  designes  a  cet  effet.     Cette  visite 
aura  lieu  sans  delai  et  sans  dommage  pour  les  marchandises.     Les 
emballages  seront  aussistot   retablis,   autant   que   faire  se   pourra, 
en  leur  etat  primitif,  par  les  soins  de  la  douane. 

3.  Si  les  autorites  douanieres  estiment  insuffisante  la  valeur 
declaree  par  Timportateur  ou  Pexportateur  de  marchandises  taxees 
ad  valorem,  le  declarant  pourra  etre  invite  a  payer  les  droits  sur  la 
valeur  qui  serait  attribuee  aux  dites  marchandises  par  Pexpert  de  la 
douane.     Si  Texpertise  ne  satisfait  pas  le  declarant,  il  sera  tenu 
de    faire   connaitre,    dans   les    vingt-quatre    heures   (dimanches    et 
jours  de  fete  non  comptes)  au  commissaire  des 'douanes,  le  motif  de 
ses  plaintes  et  de  designer  un  expert  de  son  choix  pour  proceder 


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a  une  coiitre-estimation. 

II  fera  ensuite  une  declaration  de  la  valeur  telle  qu'elle  resulte 
de  cette  seconde  expertise.  Le  commissaire  des  douanes  pourra 
alors,  a  son  gre,  soit  taxer  les  marchandises  d'apres  cette  valeur,  soit 
les  soumettre  au  droit  de  preemption,  en  payant  cette  valeur 
majoree  de  cinq  pour  cent.  Dans  ce  dernier  cas,  le  prix  d'achat 
sera  verse  a  1'importateur  ou  a  1'exportateur  dans  les  cinq  jours 
qui  suivront  la  declaration  du  resultat  de  la  contre-expertise. 

4.  Les    marchandises    d'irnportation,    avariees    en    cours    de 
voyage,    auront    droit   a   une  remise   equitable  proportionnee  a   la 
moms-value  qu'elles  auront    subie.     En   cas    de  divergence  sur   le 
quantum  de  cette  remise,  on  suivra  la  procedure  indiquee  au  para- 
graphe  precedent. 

5.  Les  marchandises,   destinees   a  1'exportation,    devront   etre 
declarees  a  la  douane  coreene  avant  d'etre  embarquees.     La  demande 
d'embarquement  sera  faite  par  ecrit  et  indiquera  le  nom  du  navire 
employe  au  transport,  les  marques  et  numeros  des  colis,  la  quantite, 
la.  description  et  la  valeur  du  contenu.     L'exportateur  certifiera  par 
ecrit  cette  declaration  sincere  et  veritable  et  y  apposera  sa  signature. 

6.  Aucune  marchandise  ne  sera  debarquee  ni  emberquee,  soit  a 
d'autres  endroits  que  ceux  qui  seront  fixes  par  les  autorites  douanieres 
coreennes,  soit  entre  le  coucher  et  le  lever  du  soleil,  soit  le  dimanche 
et  les  jours  feries,  sans  une  permission  speciale  de  la  douane.     Celle- 
ci   percevra  alors  une  remuneration  equitable  pour  ce   service  ex- 
traordinaire. 

7.  Toute  reclamation  formulee,  soit  par  les  importateurs  ou 
exportateurs  pour  payements  en  trop,  soit  par  les  autorites  douanieres 
pour  payements  en  moins,  devra,  pour  etre  admissible,  etre  deposee 
dans  les  trente  jours  du  payement. 

8.  Aucune   declaration   ne  sera  -  necessaire    pour    les    bagages 
des  passagers  a  bord  des  navires  danois.     Ces  bagages  pourront  etre 
debarques  ou  embarques  a  toute  heure  apres  que  la  douane  se  sera 
assuree  qu'ils  ne  contiennent  pas  d'articles  soumis  aux  droits.     A  la 
demande  qui  lui  en  sera  faite,  la  douane  delivrera  des  permis  pour  les 
provisions  de  bord,  destinees  aux  batiments  danois,  a  leurs  equipages 
et  a  leura  passagers. 

9.  Tout   navire    danois,    pourra,    pour   cause   de   reparations, 
debarquer    sa    cargaison    sans    etre   soumis    a    aucun    droit.      Les 


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marchandises,  ainsi  debarquees,  resteront  sous  la  surveillance  des 
autorites  coreennes,  et  tons  les  frais  raisonnables  de  magasinage, 
de  manutention  ou  de  surveillance  devront  etre  acquittes  par  le 
capitaine.  Les  droits  de  tarif  seront  pergus  pour  toute  partie 
de  cette  cargaison  qui  serait  vendue. 

10.     Aucun  transbordenient  de  cargaison  ne  pourra  etre  effect  ue 
sans  une  autorisation  prealable  de  la  douane. 

III. — Mesures  fiscales. 

1.  Les  autorites  douanierea  pourront,  dans  les  ports  de  Coree, 
placer  des   proposes  a   bord   des   navires  marchands    danois.      Ces 
preposes  auront  libre  acces  dans  toutes  les  parties  du  batiincnt  ou 
des  marchandises  seront  arrimees.      Us  seront  traites  avec  courtoisie 
et  installcs  aussi  convenablement  que  le  navirc  le  permettra. 

2.  Depuis  le  coucher  jusqu'au  lever  du  soleil  et  les  dimanches  et 
les  jours  feries,  les  preposes  pourront  fermer  les  ecoutilles  et  autres 
voies  d'acces  aux  endroits  oil  la  cargaison  est  arrimee,  au  moyen  de 
scelles,  de  cadenas  ou  d'autres  attaches.     Toute  personne  qui  aurait, 
sans  permission,  volontairement  ouvert  un  passage  ainsi  ferme  ou  brise 
les  scelles,  cadenas  ou  autres  attaches  places  par  la  douane  coreenne, 
sera,  de  meme  que  le  capitaine  du  navire,  passible  d'une  amende  de 
cent  dollars  mexicains  au  maximum. 

3.  Tout  Danois  qui  expedierait  ou  tenterait  d'expedier,  debar- 
querait  ou  tenterait  de  debarquer,  soit  des  marchandises  qui  n'auraient 
pas  etc  en  douane  Fob  jet  de  la  declaration  reguliere  susmentionnee, 
soit  des  colis  qui  contiendraient  des  marchandises  prohibees  ou  diffe- 
rentes  de  celles,  portees  sur  la  declaration,  encourra  une  amende  egale 
au  double  de  la  valeur  de  ces  marchandises;  les  marchandises  seront 
confisquees. 

4.  Tout    signataire    d'une    fausse    declaration    ou    d'un   faux 
certificat,  ayant  pour  objet  de  frauder  le  tresor  coreen,  sera  passible 
d'une  amende  de  deux  cents  dollars  mexicains  au  maximum. 

5.  Toute  infraction  'aux  clauses  du   present  reglement,   pour 
laquclle  une  peine  speciale  n'a  pas  etc  prevue,  entrainera  une  amende 
de  cent  dollars  mexicains  au  maximum. 

0.     Les  autorites  consulaires  danoises  feront  application  a  leurs 
ressortissants,  dans  les  memes  conditions  que  pour  les  clauses  du 


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traite,  de  tous  les  reglements  de  douane  et  de  port  que  Padminist- 
ration  des  douanes  coreennes  jugerait  necessaire  d'etablir  en  vue  de 
garantir  la  perception  des  droits  et  d'assurer  le  fonctionnement  de  son 
service,  pourvu,  toutefois,  que  ces  reglements .  aient  ete  dument 
publics,  ne  derogent  pas  aux  stipulations  ci-dessus  enoncees  et  ne 
portent  pas  atteinte  aux  droits  que  le  traite  reconnait  aux  Danois  en 
Coree. 

Seoul,  le  quinzieme  juillet  mil  neuf  cent  et  deux,  correspondant 
au  quinzieme  jour  du  septieme  mois  de  la  sixieme  annee  de  Koing 
Mou. 

(Signe)  A.  PAVJLOW.  (Signe)  YU-KEU-HWAN. 

[L.  s.]  [L.  s.] 


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TARIFF. 


I.— TARIF  D'IMPORTATION. 

CLASSE    I. 
Objets  admis  en  franchise. 

Bagages  des  voyageurs. 

Caracteres  d'imprimerie  neufs  et  vieux. 

Echantillons  en  quantite  moderee. 

Instruments  aratoires. 

Instruments  de  physique,   de  mathematiques,  de  meteorologie,  de 

chirurgie  et  leurs  accessoires. 
Lingots  d'or  et  d'argent  fin. 
Livres  et  cartes. 
Modeles  d'inventions. 
Monnaies  d'or  et  d'argent. 
Plantes,  arbres  et  arbustes  de  toute  espece. 
Pompes  a  Tincendie. 
Sacs,  nattes  et  cordes  d^emballage,  doublures  de  plomb. 

CLASSE  II. 

Objects  frappes  a  Vimportation  d'une  taxe  de 
cinq  pour  cent  ad  valorem. 

Allumettes. 

Alun. 

Ancres  et  chaines. 

Balances,  poids  et  mesures. 

Bambou  fendu  ou  non. 

Ble  et  cereales,  de  toute  espece. 

Briques  et  tuiles. 

Camphre  brut. 

Charbon  et  coke. 

Chaux. 

Colle. 


Comes  et  sabots  non  mentionnes  d'autre  part  au  tarif. 

Coton  non  manufacture. 

Cuirs  et  peaux  crus  on  non  prepares. 

Drogues  et  medicaments  de  toute  espece. 

Farine  et  gruau  de  toute  espece. 

Fils  de  toute  espece,  en  coton,  laine,  chanvre,  etc.,  excepte  en  sole. 

Fruits  frais  de  toute  espece. 

Graines  de  toute  espece. 

Guano  et  engrais  de  toute  espece. 

Haricots,  pois  et  farineux  de  toute  espece. 

Huile  de  bois  (Tong  Yeou). 

Huile  de  saja ;  Kerosene,  petrole  et  autres  huiles  minerales. 

Laines  non  manufacturees. 

Lanterncs  en  papier. 

Legumes  frais,  sees  et  conserves. 

Lin,  chanvre  et  jute. 

Mctaux  de  toute  espece,  en  saumons,  masses,  lingots,  plaques,  barrcs, 

tringles,  lames,  feuilles,  anneaux,  rubans,  fils,  fers  en  T  et  coin, 

vicux  fer,  ferraille. 
Nattes  pour  planchers,  chinoises  et  japonaises,  eri  bourre  de  coco, 

etc.,  etc.,  de  qualite  ordinaire. 
Os. 

Papier  de  qualite  ordinaire. 
Parapluies  et  ombrelles  de  papier. 
Poissons  frais. 
Poivre  en  grains. 
Poix  et  goudron. 
Rotiris  fendus  ou  non. 
Savons  de  qualite  ordinaire. 
Silex,  tan  et  articles  de  tannerie. 
Tourteau  do  graines  oleagineuses. 
Viande  fraiche. 
Tons  objets  bruts  ou  non  manufactures  qui  ne  sont  pas  specialement 

mentionnes  d'autre  part  au  tarif. 


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CLASSE  III. 

Objets  frappes  d  I 'importation  d'une  taxe  de  sept 
et  demi  pour  cent  ad  valorem. 

Aiguilles  et  epingles. 

Alcool  en  jarres. 

Articles  de  coutellerie  de  tout  espece. 

Articles  en  ecume  de  mer. 

Bois  tendre,  charpentes  et  planches. 

Bois  de  Sapan. 

Boissons  telles  que  limonade,  ginger-beer,  eaux  gazeuses  nrinerales. 

Bougies. 

Boutons,  boucles,  agrafes,  portes  d'agrafes. 

Bresillet  des  Indes. 

Charbon  de  bois. 

Ciments  de  Portland  et  de  toute  espece. 

Cire  animale  ou  vegetale. 

Cocons. 

Colle  de  poisson  de  toute  espece. 

Comestibles  de  toute  espece. 

Conserves. 

Cordes  et  cordages  de  toute  espece  et  de  toute  dimension. 

Couvertures,  couvertures  de  lit. 

Crins. 

Cuirs  de  toute  espece,  de  qualite  ordinaire. 

Eventails. 

Feutre. 

Feuilles  d'etain,  de  cuivre,  et  de  tous  les  autres  metaux,  excepte  For 

et  1'argent. 

Fruits  sees,  sales  ou  en  conserves.     Fruits  confits. 
Gomme  gutte. 

Huiles  vegetales  de  toute  espece. 
Lampes  de  toute  espece. 
Lunettes. 

Melanges  de  coton  et  de  laine  de  toute  espece. 
Melanges  de  coton  et  de  soie  de  toute  espece. 
Metaux  de  toute  espece  en  tuyaux  ou  tubes  oxydes  ou  galvanises ;  fil 


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metallique,  acier,  fer-blanc,  nickel,  platine,  inercure,  metal  blanc, 

cuivre,  laiton,  or  et  argent  non  affines. 
Montres  Je  toute  espece  et  pieces  d'horlogerie. 
Monturcs  de  parapluies. 

Moustiquaires  de  qualite  ordinaire,  moustiquaires  de  soie. 
Nattes  de  qualite  superieure. 
Ob  jets  de  metal  de  toute  espece,  tels  que  clous,  vis,  outils,  machines, 

/materiel  pour  chemin  de  fer,  quincaillerie. 
Objets  manufactures  en  coton  de  toute  e'spece. 
Objets  en  mosaique. 

Papeterie  et  fournitures  de  bureau  de  toute  espece. 
Papier  de  toutes  les  especes  non  specialement  mentionnes  d'autre 

part  an  tarif. 

Parapluies  de  coton ;  parapluies  et  ombrelles  de  soie. 
Pendules,  horloges  et  accessoires. 
Pierres  et  ardoises  taillees  et  fagonnees. 
Plumes. 

Poisson  sec  et  sale. 
Porcelaine  de  qualite  ordinaire. 
Poterie. 

Produits  chimiques  de  toute  espece. 
Produits  marins  tels  que  algues,  beches  de  mer,  etc. 
Resine. 
Sel. 

Soie  brute,  devidee,  filee,  bourre  de  soie,  dechets. 
Sou  f  re. 

Sucre  brun  et  blanc,  de  toute  qualite,  nielasse  et  sirops. 
Suif. 

Tapis  de  toute  espece  et  articles  de  tapisserie. 
"Tatamis  "  japonais,  etc. 
Teintures,  couleurs,  huiles  et  matieres  entrant  dans  la  composition  ou 

servant  a  la  preparation  des  couleurs. 
The. 

Tissus  de  laine  de  toute  espece. 
Tissus  de  soie  de  toutes  les  especes  non  specialement  mentionnees 

d'autre  part  au  tarif. 
Tissus  de  toile,  tissus  melanges  toile  et  coton,  toile  et  laine,  toile  et 

soie,  gris,  blancs  ou  imprimes. 


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Tissus  melanges  sole  et  laine  de  toute  espece. 

Toile   a   voile,  toile  d'ortie  de  Chine   et  tons   tissus   de   chanvre, 

jute,  etc. 

Toile  huilee,  toile  ciree  pour  parquets  de  toute  espece. 
\7ermicelle,  macaroni  et  pates  dites  d'ltalie. 
Vernis. 
Verrerie  de  toute  espece,  verres  a  vitres,  blancs  ou  de  couleur  de 

toute  qualite. 
Vetements  et  objets  de  toilette,  de  toute  espece,  tels  que  chapeaux, 

bottines,  souliers,  etc. 
Viande  sechee  et  salee. 

Vins  de  raisin,  de  toute  espece,  en  futs  et  en  bouteilles. 
Tons  objets  manufactures  en  partie  qui  ne  sont  pas  specialement 

mentionnes  d'autre  part  au  tarif. 


CLASSE  IV. 

Ol)jets  frappes  a  V importation  d?une  taxe  de 
dix  pour  cent  ad  valorem. 

Appareils  photographiques. 

Armes  a  feu,  armes  de  clmssc,  etc.      Munitions  de  chasse  (importes 

avec  un  permis  special). 
Biere  de  toute  espece,  cidre,  vermouth. 
Bois  dur,  planches  et  charpentes. 
Boites  a  musique. 
Camphre  raffine. 
Caoutchouc  manufacture  ou  non. 
Carmin. 
Cheveux. 

Confiseries  et  sucreries. 
Cuirs  de  qualite  superieure,  imprimes  ou  points;  cuirs  manufactures 

de  toute  espece. 

Fil  de  soie,  bourre  de  soie  en  echevaux. 
Instruments  de  musique  de  toute  espece. 
Laque  ordinaire. 

Liqueurs  et  cordiaux  en  futs  et  en  bouteilles. 
Longnes  vues,  telescopes  et  jumelles. 


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Malles  et  valises. 

Matieres  explosives  servant  aux  travaux  de  mine  (importees  avec  un 

permis  special). 

Matieres  pour  sceaux  et  cachets. 
Miroirs  et  glaces  etaines  ou  non,  avec  on  sans  cadre. 
Objets  d'ameublement  de  toute  espece. 
Objets  en  plaque  de  toute  espece. 
CEuvres  d'art. 
Or  et  argent  en  feuilles. 
Papier  de  tenture,  peint  et  de  fantaisie. 
Parfumcries. 
Peintures,  estampes,  photographies,  gravures  de  toute  espece,  encad- 

rees  ou  non. 

Porcelaine  de  qualite  superieure. 
Poudre  a  dents.     Savon  de  qualite  superieure. 
Sellerie  et  harnais. 
Sucre  candi. 
Tissus  de  soie,  tels  que  gaze,  crepe,  moire  japonaise,  satin  damasse, 

satin  a  fleurs,  soie  blanche  japonaise  (kabutai ),  etc. 
Velour  de  soie. 
Vermilion. 

Vetements  confectionnes  en  soie. 
Tons  objets  completement  manufactures  qui  ne  sont  pas  specialement 

mentionnes  d'autre  part  au  tarif. 


CLASSE  V. 

Objets  frappes  a  V importation  (Tune  taxe  de 
vingt  pour  cent  ad  valorem. 

Ambre. 

Batonnets  d'encens. 

Bijouterie  vraie  ou  fausse,  pierres  precieuses. 

Bois  de  senteur  de  toute  espece. 

Broderies  en  or,  argent  ou  soie. 

Cochenille. 

Corail  entierement  ou  partiellement  manufacture. 

Cornes  de  rhinoceros. 


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Ecaille  manufacturer  on  non. 

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E  pices  de  toute  espece. 

Esprits  en  fiits  et  en  bouteilles. 

Fleurs  artificielles. 

Fourrures  de  qualite  superieur,  telles  que  martrc,  zibelinc,  loutre, 

castor,  phoque,  etc. 
Ginseng,  rouge,  blanc,  cru  on  clarifie. 
Ivoire,  manufacture  ou  non. 
Laque  de  qualite  superieure. 
Muse. 

Nids  d'hirondelles. 
Objets  en  email. 
Ob  jets  en  jade. 

Parures  de  tete  en  or  et  en  argent. 
Perles. 

Pieces  d'artifice. 

Tabac  sous  toutes  ses  formes  et  de  toute  espece. 
Vaisselle  d'or  et  d'argent. 
Voitures. 

CLASSK  VI. 

Objets  prohibes  a  V importation. 

Armes,  munitions,  objets  servant  a  la  guerre,  tels  que  artillerie, 
canons,  balles  et  boulets,  armes  a  feu  de  toute  sorte,  cartouches, 
armes  portatives,  lances,  piques,  salpetre,  poudre  de  guerre,  coton- 
poudre,  dynamite  et  autres  matieres  explosives. 

Sur  la  demande  qui  leur  en  sera  faite  et  sur  la  preuve  qui  leur  sera 
fournie  du  bien  fonde  de  cette  demande,  les  autorites  coreennes 
delivreront  des  permis  speciaux  pour  1'importation  .des  armes, 
armes  a  feu  et  munitions,  destinees  a  la  chasse  ou  a  la  defense 
personnelle. 

Drogues  et  medicaments  falsifies. 

Fausse  monnaie  de  toute  espece. 

Opium  excepte  Fopium  employe  en  medecine. 

Les  navires  etrangers  vendus  en  Coree  payeront  un  droit  de  vingt- 
cinq  "cents"  par  tonne  pour  les  navires  a  voile  et  de  cinquante 
"  cents  "  par  tonne  pour  les  navires  a  vapeur. 


so 

II.— TARIF  D'EXPORTATION. 

CLASSE  I. 
Objets  exportes  en  franchise. 

Arbres,  arbustes,  plantes  de  toute  espece. 
Bagages  de  voyageurs. 
Echantillons  en  quantite  moderee. 
Monnaie  d'or  et  d'argent  de  toute  espece. 
Or  et  argent  fins. 

CLASSE  II. 

Tons  les  objets  et  prodnits  du  pays  non  enumeres  dans  la  classe  I 

payeront  nn  droit  de  cinq  pour  cent  ad  valorem. 
I/ exportation  du  ginseng  rouge  est  inter dite. 


REGLEMENT. 

I.  Pour  les  objets  importes,  les  droits  ad  valorem  de  cc  tarif 
seront  calcules  sur  les  prix  actuels  de  ces  objets  au  lieu  d'origine  ou 
de   fabrication,  augmente  du  fret,  de    1'assurance,    etc.     Pour   les 
objets  exportes,  les  droits  ad  valorem  seront  calcules  d'aprcs  le  cours 
des  inarches  en  Coree. 

II.  Les   droits  pourront  etre  acquittes  en  dollars  mcxicains 
ou  en  "  Yen >?  japonais  d'argent. 

III.  Le  tarif   ci-dessus   d'importation   et   d'exportation    sera 
convert!  aussitot  que  faire  se  pourra  et  dans  la  inesnre  oii  cette 
conversion  sera  reconnue  utile,  en  taxes  specifiques,  apres  entente 
entre  les  autorites  competentes  des  deux  pays. 

Seoul,  le  quinzieme  juillet  mil  neuf  cent  et  deux,  correspondant 
au  quinzieme  jour  du  septieme  mois  de  la  sixieme  annee  de  Koing 
Mou. 

(Signe)  A.  PAVLOW.  (Signe)   YU-KEU-HWAN. 

[L.  s.]  [L.  s.] 


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FRANCE. 


TREATY  OF  FRIENDSHIP,  COMMERCE  AND 
NAVIGATION,  JUNE  4,  1886. 

Le  President  de  la  Republique  franchise  et  Sa  Majeste  le  Hoi 
de  Coree,  animes  du  desir  d'etablir  entre  la  France  et  la  Coree 
des  relations  d'amitie  et  de  commerce,  ont  resolu  de  conclure  dans  ce 
but  un  traite,  et  ont,  a  cet  effet,  nomme  pour  leurs  plenipotentiaires, 
savoir : 

Le  President  de  la  Republique  frangaise,  le  sieur  FBANCOIS- 
GEOBGE  COGOBDAN,  ministre  plenipotentiaire,  sous-directeur  des 
affaires  politiques  au  ministere  des  affaires  etrangeres,  officier  de 
la  Legion  d'honneur,  etc.,  etc.,  envoye  en  mission  extraordinaire 
en  Coree; 

Et  Sa  Majeste  le  roi  de  Coree,  KIM-MAN -SIR,  gouverneur  de 
la  ville  de  Seoul,  dignitaire  du  deuxieme  rang,  premier  degre,  etc. ; 

Et  le  sieur  OWEN  NICKEESON  DENNY,  vice-president  du 
conseil  prive  de  Sa  Majeste,  directeur  des  affaires  etrangeres, 
etc., 

Lesquels,  apres  s'etre  communique  leurs  pleins  pouvoirs,  qui  ont 
ete  trouves  en  bonne  et  due  forme,  sont  convenus  des  dispositions 
suivantes : 

AETICLE   I. 

1.  II  y  aura  paix  et  amitie  perpetuelles  entre  le  President 
de  la  Republique  franchise,  d'une  part,   et  Sa  Majeste  le  roi  de 
Coree,  d'autre  part,  ainsi  qu'entre  les  ressortissants  des  deux  Etats, 
sans  exception  de  personnes  ni  de  lieux.     Les  Frangais  et  les  Coreens 
jouiront,   dans   les   territoires   relevant   respectivement   des   hautes 
parties  contractantes,  d'une  pleine  et  entiere  protection  pour  leurs 
personnes  et  leurs  proprietes. 

2.  S'il  s'elevait  des  differends  entre  une  des  hautes  parties 

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contractantes  et  une  puissance  tierce,  Pautre  haute  partie  contract- 
ante  pourrait  etre  requise  par  la  premiere  de  lui  preter  ses  bons 
offices,  afin  d'amener  un  arrangementamiable. 

ARTICLE  II. 

1.  Chacune  des  hautes  parties  contractantes   pourra  nommer 
un  representant  diplomatique  qui  aura  la  faculte  de  resider  d'une 
fagon  permanente  ou  temporaire  dans  la  capitale  de  1'autre,  et  aussi 
designer    un    consul    general,    des    consuls    ou    vices-consuls     qui 
resideront   dans   les   villes   ou   ports   de    1'autre    Etat    ou  verts    au 
commerce  etranger. 

Les  agents  diplomatiques  et  consulaires  des  deux  Etats  jouiront, 
dans  le  pays  de  leur  residence,  de  tous  les  avantages  et  immunites 
dont  jouissent  les  agents  diplomatiques  et  consulaires  des  autres 
Etats. 

2.  Les    agents    diplomatiques    et    consulaires,    ainsi    que    les 
personnes  attachees  a  leurs  missions,  pourront  librement  voyager  sur 
tout  le  territoire  du  pays  de  leur  residence.     Les  autorites  coreennes 
fourniront  aux  agents  frangais  voyageant  en  Coree  des  passeports 
et  une  escorte  suffisante  pour  les  proteger  en  cas  de  necessite. 

3.  Les    agents    consulaires    des    deux    pays    exerceront    leurs 
fonctions  apres  avoir  ete  dument  autorises  par  le  souverain  ou  le 
gouvernement  du  pays  de  leur  residence.     II  leur  sera  interdit  de  se 
livrer  au  commerce. 


ARTICLE  III., 

1.  En   ce   qui   concerne   leurs   personnes   et   leurs   biens,   les 
Erangais,    en    Coree,    releveront    exclusivement    de    la    juridiction 
frangaise.     Les  proces  qu'un  Erangais  ou  un  etranger  intenterait  en 
Coree  contre  un  Erangais   seront    juges   par   1'autorite    consulaire 
f  rangaise,  sans  que  1'autorite  coreenne  puisse  aucunement  intervenir. 

2.  Tout  Frangais  mis  en  cause  par  les  autorites  coreennes  ou 
par  un  sujet  coreen  sera  de  meme,  en  Coree,  juge  par  1'autorite 
consulaire  frangaise. 

3.  Tout  Coreen  mis  en  cause  par  les  autorites  frangaises  ou 
par  un  Erangais  sera  juge  par  1'autorite  coreenne. 


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4.  Les  Frangais  qui  commettraient  en  Coree  des  delits  ou  des 
crimes  seront  punis  par  1'autorite  frangaise  competente  et  conforme- 
ment  a  la  loi  frangaise. 

5.  Les  crimes  ou  delits  dont  un  Coreen  se  rendrait  coupable  en 
Coree   au  prejudice  d'un  Frangais  seront  juges  et  punis  par  les 
autorites  coreennes  et  conformernent  a  la  loi  coreene. 

6.  Toute   plainte  dirigee    contre  un    Frangais   et   susceptible 
d'entrainer  une  peine  pecuniaire  ou  la  confiscation,  pour  violation 
soit  du  present  traite,  soit  des  reglements  y  annexes  ou  des  reglements 
futurs  a  intervenir,   devra  etre  portee  devant  1'autorite  consulaire 
frangaise:   les  amendes  et  confiscations  prononcees  demeureront  au 
profit  du  gouvernement  coreen. 

7.  Les  marchandises  franchises  saisies  par  les  autorites  coreennes 
dans  un  port  ouvert  seront  mises  sous  scelles  conjointement  par  les 
autorites  des  deux  pays.     Les  autorites  coreennes  en  auront  la  garde, 
jusqu'a  ce  que  1'autorite  consulaire  franchise  ait  rendu  sa  decision. 
Si  cette  decision  est  en  faveur  du  proprietaire  des  marchandises, 
celles-ci   seront  immediatement  noises  a  la    disposition    du   consul. 
En  tout  etat  de  cause,   le  proprietaire   pourra  tou jours  rentrer  en 
possession  de  ses  marchandises,  a  la  condition  d'en  de  poser  la  valeur 
entre  les  mains  des  autorites  coreennes  en  attendant  la  decision  de 
1'autorite  consulaire  franchise. 

8.  Dans  toutes  les  causes,  soit   civiles,  soit  penales,    portees 
devant  un  tribunal  coreen  ou  un  tribunal  consulaire  frangais  en 
Coree,  un  fonctionnaire  appartenant  a  la  nationalite  du  demandeur 
ou  plaignant  et  dument  autorise  a  cet  effet,  pourra  tou  jours  assister 
a  1'audience  et  sera  traite  avec  les  egards  convenables.     II  pourra, 
quand  il  le  jugera  necessaire,  citer,  interroger  contradictoirement  les 
temoins  et  protester  contre  la  procedure  et  la  sentence. 

9.  Si  un  Coreen,  prevenu  d'une  infraction  aux  lois  de  son  pays, 
se  refugie  dans  une  maison  occupee  par  un  Frangais  ou  a  bord  d'un 
navire  de  commerce  frangais,  les  autorites  coreennes  s'adresseront  au 
consul  de  France.     Celui-ci  prendra  les  mesures  necessaires  pour  le 
f  aire  arreter  et  pour  le  remettre  entre  les  mains  des  autorites  coreen- 
nes a  qui  il  appartient  de  le  juger.     Aucun  fonctionnaire  ni  agent 
coreen  ne  pourra,  sans  la  permission  du  consul  de  France,  penetrer 
dans  les  magasins  ou  la  demeure  d'un  Frangais,  ni  a  bord  d'un 
batiment  frangais,  a  moins  que  le  resident  frangais  ou  le  comman- 


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dant  du  navire  n'y  donne  son  consentment. 

10.  Les  autorites  coreennes  arreteront  et  remettront  a  Pautorite 
consulaire  franchise  compe*tente,  sur  sa  requete,  tout  Franc,ais 
prevenu  de  crime  ou  delit  et  tout  deserteur  d'un  navire  frangais  de- 
guerre  ou  de  commerce. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

1.  Les  ports  de  Tchemoulpo  (In-Tchyen),  de  Wonsan  et  de 
Pousan  ou,  dans  le  cas  ou  ce  dernier  port  ne  serait  pas  agree,  tel 
autre  port  voisin  qui  serait  choisi,  ainsi  que  les  villes  de  Hanyang 
(Seoul)  et  de  Yang-houa-tjin  ou  telle  autre  ville  voisine  qui  serait 
jugee  plus  convenable  seront,  du  jour  de  la  mise  en  vigueur  du 
present  traite,  ouverts  au  commerce  frangais. 

2.  Dans  les  localites  susnommees,  les  Frangais  auront  le  droit 
de   louer   ou   d'acheter   des  terrains   et   des   maisons,  d'elever    dea 
constructions  et  d'etablir  des  magasins  et  des  manufactures.      Us 
auront  la  liberte  de  pratiquer  leur  religion.      Tous  les  arrangements 
relatifs  au  choix,  a  la  delimitation,  a  Pamenagement  des  concessions 
etrangeres,  ainsi  qu'a  la  vente  des  terrains  dans  les  differents  ports 
ou  villes  ouverts  au  commerce  etranger,  seront  concertes  entre  les 
autorites  coreennes  et  les  autorites  etrangeres  competentes. 

3.  Les  emplacements  affectes  aux  concessions  seront  achetes 
aux  proprietaires  et  amenages  pour  leur  nouvelle  destination  par 
les   soins   du   gouvernement   coreeri:     le   remboursement    des   frais- 
d'expropriation  et  d'amenagement  sera  preleve,  par  privilege,  sur  le 
produit  de  la  vente  des  terrains.      Une  redevance  annuelle,  dont  le 
montant    sera    fixe    d'un    commun    accord,    par    Padministration 
coreenne  et  les  autorites  etrangeres,  sera  payee  a  Pautorite  locale  qui 
en  retiendra  une  part  a  titre  de  compensation  pour  la  taxe  fonciere ;  le- 
reste  de  cette  redevance,  ainsi  que  le  reliquat  provenant  de  la  vente 
des  terrains  constitueront  un  fonds  municipal  admin istre  par  un 
conseil   dont   la   constitution    sera    ulterieurement    reglee   par   une- 
entente  entre  les  autorites  coreennes  et  les  autorites  etrangeres. 

4.  Les  Frangais  pourront  louer  ou  acheter  des  terrains  et  des 
maisons  au  dela  des  limites  des  concessions  etrangeres  et  dans  une 
zone  de  dix  lis  de  Coree  autour  de  ces  limites.      Mais  les  terrains 
ainsi   occupes   seront  soumis  aux  reglements  locaux  et   aux  taxes 


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foncieres,  dans  les  conditions  que  les  autorites  coreennes  croiront 
devoir  fixer. 

5.  Dans    chacune    des    localites    ouvertes    au    commerce,    les 
autorites    coreennes    affeeteront   gratuitement    a    la    sepulture    des 
Frangais  un  terrain  convenable  sur  lequel  aucune  redevance,  taxe,  ni 
impot,  ne  sera  etabli,  et  dont  1'administration  sera  confiee  au  conseil 
municipal  susmentionne. 

6.  Les  Frangais  pourront  circuler  librement  dans  une  zone  de 
cent  lis  autour  des  ports  et  des  villes  ouverts  au  commerce  ou  dans 
telles  limites  que  les  autorites  competentes  des  deux  pays  auront 
determinees  d'un  commun  accord. 

Les  Frangais  pourront  egalement,  a  la  seule  condition  d'etre 
munis  de  passeports,  se  rendre  dans  toutes  les  parties  du  territoire 
coreen  et  y  voyager,  sans  pouvoir,  toutefois,  ouvrir  des  magasins  ni 
creer  des  etablissements  commerciaux  permanents  dans  1'interieur. 
Les  corumerc.ants  frangais  pourront  y  transporter  et  vendre  des 
marchandises  de  toute  espece,  sauf  les  livres  et  publications  interdits 
par  le  gouvernernent  coreen,  et  acheter  les  produits  indigenes. 

Les  passeports  seront  delivres  par  les  consuls  et  revetus  de  la 
signature  ou  du  sceau  de  Fautorite  locale.  Us  devront  etre  produits 
a  toute  requisition.  Si  le  passeport  est  en  regie,  le  porteur  pourra 
circuler  librement  et  il  lui  sera  loisible  de  se  procurer  les  moyens 
de  transport  necessaires.  Le  Frangais  qui  voyagerait  sans  passeport, 
au  dela  des  limites  susmentionnees  ou  qui,  dans  1'interieur,  commet- 
trait  quelque  delit  ou  crime,  sera  arrete  et  remis  au  plus  prochain 
consul  de  France  pour  etre  puni.  Tine  amende  de  cent  piastres 
mexicaines  au  maximum,  avec  ou  sans  emprisonnement  d'un  mois  au 
plus,  pourra  etre  prononcee  contre  toute  personne  voyageant  sans 
passeport  en  dehors  des  limites  fixees. 

7.  Les   Frangais    en    Coree    seront    soumis    aux    reglements 
municipaux,  de  police  ou  autres,  qui  seront  etablis,  de  concert,  par 
les  autorites  competentes  des  deux  pays  dans  Pinteret  du  bon  ordre 
et  de  la  paix  publique. 

ARTICLE  V. 

1.  Dans  toute  localite  ouverte  au  commerce  et  ranger,  les 
Frangais  pourront,  apres  acquittement  des  droits  inscrits  au  tarif 


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ci-annexe,  importer  d'un  port  etranger  ou  d'un  port  coreen  ouvert, 
vendre  ou  acheter,  quelle  que  soit  la  nationalite  de  Pacheteur  ou  du 
vendeur,  exporter  a  destination  d'un  port  etranger  o'u  d'un  port 
coreen  ouvert  toutes  especes  de  marchandises  non  prohibees  par  le 
present  traite.  Us  auront  pleine  liberte  de  faire,  sans  ^intervention 
de.  Pautorite  coreenne  ni  d'autres  intermediates,  tous  actes  de 
commerce  avec  les  sujets  coreens  ou  autres ;  ils  pourront  egalement, 
et  en  toute  liberte,  se  livrer  a  Pindustrie. 

2.  Les  proprietaires  ou  consignataires  de  toute  marchandise 
importee  d'un  port  etranger,  et  pour  laquelle  le  droit  du  tarif  vise 
ci-dessua  aura  ete  acquitte,  pourront  obtenir  un  certificat  de  drawback 
pour  le  montant  du  droit  d'importation,  si,  toutefois,  la  marchandise 
est  reexportee  vers  un  port  Stranger  dans  un  delai  de  treize  mois 
coreens,  a  dater  de  Pimportation  et  pourvu  que  les  enveloppes  en 
soient  reconnues   intactes.     Ces    drawbacks   seront   rembourses  sur 
demande  par  la  douane  coreenne  ou  regus  a  Pacquit  des  droits  dans 
tout  port  coreen  ouvert. 

3.  Les  droits  acquittes  sur   des   marchandises   coreennes   ex- 
pediees  de  port  ouvert  a  port  ouvert  en   Coree  seront  restitues  au 
port  d'expedition,  si  Pinteresse   produit  un  certificat  des  douanes 
attestant  Parrivee  des  marchandises  au  port  de  destination  ou  s'il 
peut  etre  dumant  prouve  qu'elles  ont  peri  par  fortune  de  mer. 

4.  Toutes  les  marchandises  importees    par   des   Frangais   en 
Coree,  et  pour  lesquelles  les  droits  inscrits  au  tarif  ci-annexe  auront 
ete  acquittes,  pourront  etre  reexpediees  dans  tout  autre  port  coreen 
ouvert  en  franchise  de  droits  et,  si   elles   sont   transporters   dans 
Pinterieur,  elles  ne  seront,  sur  quelque  point  du  pays  que  ce  soit, 
soumises  a  aucune  taxe  additionnelle  ni  a  aucun  droit  d'accise  ou  de 
transit.     De  la  meme  maniere,  le  transport  vers  les  ports  ou  verts  de 
tous  les  produits  coreens  destines  a  Pexportation  se  fera  en  pleine 
franchise,  et  ces  produits  ne  seront,  soit  au  lieu  de  production,  soit 
durant  le  trajet  d'un  point  quelconque  du  pays  vers  un  port  ouvert, 
soumis  au  pavement  d'aucune  taxe  ni  d'aucun  droit  d'accise  ou  de 
transit. 

5.  Le  gouvernement  coreen  pourra  affreter  des  navires  frangais 
pour  le  transport  des  marchandises  ou  des  voyageurs  vers  les  ports 
coreens  non  ouverts ;  les  sujets  coreens  jouiront  de  la  meme  faculte, 
apres  autorisation  des  autorites  locales. 


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6.  Lorsque  le  gouvernernent  coreen  aura  lieu  de  craindre  une 
disette  dans  le  royaume,  sa  majeste  le  roi  de  Coree  pourra,   par 
decret,    interdire    temporairement    1'exportation    des    grains    pour 
Fetranger    par   un   ou   par   tous   les    ports    coreens    ouverts;    cette 
prohibition  deviendra  obligatoire  pour  les  Frangais  en  Coree   un 
mois  apres  la  date  de  la  communication  officielle  faite  par  1'autorite 
coreenne  au  consul  de  France  du  port  interesse;  mais  elle  ne  restera 
en  vigueur  que  le  temps  strictement  necessaire. 

7.  Tout  navire  de  commerce  frangais   payera   des  droits  de 
tonnage  a  raison  de  trente  cents  mexicains,  par  tonneau  de  registre. 
Cette  somme  une  fois  payee,  il  sera  perrnis  au  navire  de  se  rendre 
dans  tout  port  coreen  ouvert  durant  une  periode  de  quatre  mois,  sans 
acquitter  d'autre  taxe.     Le  produit  des  droits  de  tonnage  sera  affecte 
a  la  construction  de  phares,  de  balises  et  de  bouees,  a  1'eclairage  et 
au  balisage  des  cotes  de  Coree,  principalement  aux  approches  des 
ports  ouverts,  a  1'amenagement  et  a  1'arnelioration  des  mouillages. 

Aucun  droit  de  tonnage  ne  sera  perc,u  sur  les  bateaux  employes, 
dans  les  ports  ouverts,  au  chargement  ou  au  dechargement  des 
cargaisons. 

8.  Pour  assurer  1'execution  pleine  et  entiere  du  present  traite,  il 
est  convenu  que  le  tarif   et  les   reglements   commerciaux   ci-apres 
inseres,  entreront  en  vigueur  en  meme  temps  que  le  traite  lui-ineme. 
Les  autorites  competentes  des  deux  pays  pourront,  quand  elles  le 
jugeront  opportun,  reviser  ces  reglements  en  vue  d'y  introduire,  d'un 
commun  accord,  telles  modifications  ou  additions  dont  Fexperience 
demontrerait  1'utilite. 


ARTICLE  VI. 

1.  Tout  Francois  qui  introduirait  ou  tenterait  d'introduire  en 
fraude  des  marchandises  dans  un  port  ou  dans  une  localite  non 
ouverts  au  commerce  etranger  en  Coree,  encourra,  outre  la  confisca- 
tion, une  amende  egale  au  double  de  la  valeur  des  marchandises. 

2.  Les   autorites   coreennes   pourront    arreter    tout    Fran§ais 
prevenu  de  contrebande  ou  de  tentative  de  ce  delit,  a  charge  de  le 
remettre,  sans  retard,  entre  les  mains  du  consul  de  France  Competent 
pour  le  juger.     Elles  pourront  egalement  saisir  les  marchandises 
et  les  conserver  jusqu'au  jugement  definitif  de  Faffaire. 


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ARTICLE  VII. 

1.  Si  un  navire  franc,  ais  fait  naufrage  ou  s'echoue  sur  les  cotes 
de  Coree,  les  autorites  locales  prendront  iminediatement  les  mesures 
necessaires  pour  defendre  centre  le  pillage  le  navire  et  la  cargaison, 
pour   proteger   contre   tout   mauvais   traitement    1'equipage    et    les 
passagers  et  pour  leur  preter  aide  et  assistance.     Elles  donneront 
aussitot  avis  du  naufrage  an  consul  de  France  le  plus  voisin  et 
fourniront,  le  cas  echeant,  aux  naufrages  le  moyen  de  gagner  le  port 
ouvert  le  plus  proche. 

2.  Toutes    les    depenses    faites    par   le   gouvernement   coreen 
pour  porter  secours  a  des  Franc. ais  naufrages,  pour  leur  fournir  des 
vetements,  des  vivres,  des  soins  medicaux  et  des  moyens  de  transport, 
pour  recueillir  les  corps  des  decedes  et  proceder  a  leurs  funerailles 
seront  remboursees  par  le  Gouvernement  frangais. 

3.  Le  Gouvernement  frangais  ne  sera  pas  gar  ant  du  rembourse- 
ment  des  depenses  faites  pour  le  sauvetage  et  la  conservation  des 
navires  naufrages  ou  de  leur  cargaison.     Ce  remboursement  reste 
garanti  par  la  valeur  des  objets  sauves  et  devra  etre  effectue  par  les 
parties  interessees,  lors  de  la  remise  desdits  objets. 

4.  Le   gouvernement    coreen  ne  reclamera  aucun  rembourse- 
ment ni  pour  les  depenses  de  ses  agents,  fonctionnaires  locaux  ou 
employes  de  police  qui  auront  procede  au  sauvetage,  ni  pour  les  frais 
de  voyage  des  agents  charges  d'escorter  les  naufrages,  ni  pour  les 
frais   de   correspondance   officielle.      Ces   depenses    resteront    a    la 
charge  du  gouvernement  coreen. 

5.  Tout  navire  marchand  franc.ais,  que  le  mauvais  temps,  le 
manque  de  vivres  ou  de  combustible  obligerait  a  relacher  dans  un 
port  de   Coree  non  ouvert,   pourra  y  faire  des  reparations  et  s'y 
procurer  les  provisions  necessaires.     Les  depenses  seront  payees  par 
le  capitaine  du  navire. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

1.  Les  navires  de  guerre  de  chacune  des  hautes  parties 
contractantes  auront  libre  acces  dans  les  ports  de  1'autre.  Toutes 
facilites  leur  seront  donnees  pour  se  procurer  des  approvisionne- 
ments  de  toute  sorte  ou  faire  des  reparations.  Les  reglements  de 


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commerce  ou  de  port  ne  leur  seront  pas  applicables  et  ils  seront 
exempts  de  droits  ou  taxes  de  port  de  toute  espece. 

2.  Quand  des  navires  de  guerre  frangais  entreront  dans  un 
port  de  Coree  non  ouvert,  les  officiers  et  Pequipage  pourront  descen- 
dre  a  terre,  mais  il  leur  sera  interdit  de  se  rendre  dans  rinterieur,  a 
moins -qu'ils  ne  soie^nt  munis  de  passeports. 

3.  Des  approvisionnements  de  toute  nature  a  1'usage  de  la 
marine  militaire  frangaise  pourront,  en  franchise  de  tons  droits,  etre 
debarques  dans  les  ports  ouverts  de  Coree  et  consignes  a  la  garde 
d'un  agent  frangais.     Si  ces  approvisionnements  sont  vendus,  Fache- 
teur  payera  aux  autorites  coreens  les  droits  ordinaires. 

4.  Le  gouvernement  coreen  assistera  de  tout  son  pouvoir  les 
navires  appartenant  au  gouvernement   frangais   qui    procederaient 
dans   les   eaux   coreennes   a   des   operations  de  relevements  ou  de 
sondages. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

1.  Les  autorites  frangaises  et  les  Frangais  en  Coree  pourront 
engager  des  sujets  coreens  a  titre  de  lettre,  d'interprete,  de  serviteur 
ou  a  tout  autre  titre  licite,  sans  que  les  autorites  coreennes  puissent 
y   mettre   obstacle.     Reciproquement,    des    Frangais    pourront   etre 
engages  dans  les  memes  conditions  au  service  du  gouvernement  ou 
des  sujets  coreens. 

2.  Les  Frangais  qui  se  rendraient  en  Coree  pour  y  etudier 
ou  y  professer  la  langue  ecrite  ou  parlee,  les  sciences,  les  lois  ou 
arts,   devront,  en  temoignage  des  sentiments  de  bonne  amitie  dont 
sont  animees  les  hautes  parties  contractantes,  recevoir  ton  jours  aide 
et  assistance.     Les  Coreens  qui  se  rendront  en  France  y  jouiront  des 
memes  avantages. 

ARTICLE  X. 

A  dater  du  jour  de  Fentree  en  vigueur  du  present  traite,  le 
Gouvernement  frangais,  ses  agents  et  ses  ressortissants  jouiront  de 
tous  les  privileges,  immunites  et  avantages  que  sa  majeste  le  roi  de 
Coree  a  concedes  ou  concederait  ulterieurement  au  gouvernement, 
aux  agents  ou  aux  ressortissants  de  toute  autre  puissance. 


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ARTICLE  XI. 

Dix  ans  apres  1'entree  en  vigueur  du  present  traite,  chacune  des 
hautes  parties  contractantes  pourra,  a  charge  de  prevenir  Fautre 
partie  un  an  a  1'avance,  demander  une  revision  du  traite  et  des 
tarifs  y  annexes,  en  vue  d'y  introduire,  d'un  commun  accord,  telles 
modifications  dont  1'experience  aurait  demontre  1'utilite. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

1.  Le  present  traite  est  redige  en  frangais  et  en  chinois.     Les 
deux  textes  ont  ete  soigneusement-  confrontes  et  il  a  ete  reconnu 
qu'ils  avaient  le  meme  sens.     II  est  convenu,  toutefois,  que  le  texte 
frangais  ferait  foi,  si  quelque  divergence  venait  a  se  produire  dans 
1'interpretation. 

2.  Toutes  les  communications  officielles  adressees  aux  autorites 
coreennes  par  les  autorites  frangaises,  seront  provisoirement  accom- 
pagnees  d'une  traduction  en  langue  chinoise. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

Le  present  traite  sera  ratifie  par  le  President  de  la  Republique 
franchise  et  par  sa  majeste  le  roi  de  Coree  et  revetu  de  leurs 
signatures  et  de  leurs  sceaux  respectifs;  les  ratifications  seront 
echangees  a  Seoul  dans  le  delai  d'un  an,  ou  plus  tot,  si  faire  se  peut. 
II  sera  promulgue  par  les  soins  des  deux  gouvernements  et  entrera 
en  vigueur  le  jour.de  1'echange  des  ratifications. 

En  foi  de  quoi,  les  plenipotentiaires  respectifs  ont  signe  le 
present  traite  et  y  ont  appose  leurs  cachets. 

Fait  a  Seoul,  en  trois  expeditions,  le  quatre  juin  mil  huit 
cent  quatre-vingt-six,  cor  respond  ant  an  troisieme  jour  de  la  cin- 
quieme  lime  de  la  quatre  cent  quatre-vingt-quinzieme  annee  de  Fere 
coreenne  ou  de  la  douzieme  annee  du  regne  chinois  KOUANG-SIN. 

[L.  s.]  (Signe)  G.  COGORDAN. 
[L.  s.]  (Signe)  KIM  MAN-SIK. 
[i,  s.]  (Signe)  O.  N.  DENNY. 


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REGULATIONS  RELATING  TO  FRENCH 
TRADE  IN  COREA. 

I. — Entree  et  sortie  des  navires. 

1.  Dans  les  quarante-huit  heures  (dimahches  et  jours  de  fete 
non  comptes)  qui  suivront  1'arrivee  d'un  batiment  frangais  dans  un 
port  coreen,  le  capitaine  devra  remettre  aux   autorites  douanieres 
coreennes  un  recepisse  du  consul  de  France  attestant  que  les  papiers 
de  bord  ont  ete  deposes  au  consulat.     II  fera,  en  meme  temps,  la 
declaration  d'entree  de  son  navire  en  indiquant,  par  ecrit,  son  nom 
et  celui  de  son  batiment,  le  port  d'ou  il  vient,  le  noinbre  et,  si  la 
demande  lui  en  est  faite,  les  noms  des  passagers,  le  tonnage,   le 
nombre  des  hommes    d'equipage.     Cette    declaration   sera   certifiee 
sincere  et  veritable  par  le  capitaine  et  signee  par  lui.     II  deposera, 
en   meme   temps,    une   expedition    de  son  manifeste  indiquant  les 
marques,  numeros  et  contenu  des  colis,  tels  qu'ils  sont  portes  aux 
coniiaissements,  et  le  nom  des  consignataires.     Le  capitaine  attestera 
Inexactitude  du  manifeste  et   le    signera.      Cette  declaration   ainsi 
dressee,  les  autorites  douanieres  delivreront  un  permis  d'ouvrir  les 
ecoutilles,  qui  sera  montre  a  bord  au  prepose  de  la  douane.     Le  fait 
de  rompre  charge  sans  ce  permis  rendra  le  capitaine  passible  d'une 
amende  de  cent  dollars  mexicains  au  plus. 

2.  Si  une  erreur  est  constatee  dans  le  manifeste,  elle  pourra 
etre  corrigee,  sans  frais,  dans  les  vingt-quatre  heures  (dimanches  et 
jours  de  fete  non  cornptes)  de  la  declaration ;  mais,  ce  delai  expire 
il  sera  pergu,  pour  tout  changement  ou  toute  declaration  supplemen- 
taire,  un  droit  de  cinq  dollars  mexicains. 

3.  Tout    capitaine    qui    negligerait    de    faire    la    declaration 
susdite  dans  les  delais  fixes  sera  passible  d'une  amende  de  cinquante 
dollars  mexicains  par  chaque  jour  de  retard. 

4.  Tout  navire  frangais  qui  sejournerait  dans  le  port  moins  de 
quarante-huit  heures  (dimanches  et  jours  de  fete  non  comptes)  et 
n'ouvrirait  pas  ses  ecoutilles  ou  que,  soit  le  mauvais  temps,  soit  le 
manque   de   vivres   forcerait   a    relncher,    ne   sera   soumis  ni  a   la 
declaration,  ni  au  pavement  des  droits  de  tonnage,  tant  qu'il  ne  fera 
pas  operation  de  commerce. 

5.  Tout  capitaine  qui  voudra  prendre  la  mer  remettra  aux 


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autorites  douanieres  un  manifeste  d'exportation  analogue  au  mani- 
feste  d'importation.  Les  autorites  douanieres  delivreront  alors  un 
certificat  de  conge  et  restitueront  le  recepisse  consulaire  des  pa  piers 
de  bord.  Ces  documents  seront  presentes  au  consulat,  afin  de 
permettre  au  capitaine  de  retirer  ses  papiers  de  bord. 

6.  Tout  capitaine  qui  prendrait  la  mer,  sans  faire  la  decla- 
ration susdite,  sera   passible  d'une  amende  de  deux  cents  dollars 
mexicains  au  maximum. 

7.  Les  navires  a  vapeur  frangais  pourront  entrer  et  sortir  le 
meme  jour,  sans  etre  astreints  a  produire  de  manifeste  d'importation, 
si  ce  n'est  pour  les  seules  marchandises  debarquees  ou  transbordees 
dans  le  port. 

II. — Debarquement  et  embarquement  de  cargaison; 
payement  des  droits. 

1.  Tout  importateur  de  marchandises  qui  desire  les  debarquer 
adressera,  a  cet  efFet,  a  la  douane  une  demande  certifiee  sincere, 
indiquant  son  nom,   le  nom  du  navire  employe  au  transport,  les 
marques,  les  numeros,  le  contenu  et  la  valeur  des  colis.     L'autorite 
douaniere  pourra  exiger   la   production   de  la   facture   pour   toute 
consignation  de  marchandises.     Faute  de  la  produire  et    a  defaut 
d'une  explication  suffisante,  le  proprietaire  ne  pourra  debarquer  sea 
marchandises  qu'apres  payement    du  double  des  droits  inscrits  au 
tarif:    le   supplement  ainsi  pergu   sera  restitue   si   la   facture   est 
produite. 

2.  Les  marchandises  declarees  seront  examinees  par  les  agents 
des  douanes,   dans  des  endroits  designes  a  cet  effet.     Cette  visite 
aura  lieu  sans  delai  et  sans  dommage  pour  les  marchandises.     Les 
emballages  seront  aussistot  retablis,  autant  que  faire  se  pourra,  en 
leur  etat  primiitif  par  les  soins  de  la  douane. 

3.  Si  les  autorites  douanieres  estiment  insuffisante  la  valeur 
declaree  par  Pimportateur  ou  1'exportateur  de  marchandises  taxees 
ad  valorem,  le  declarant  pourra  etre  invite  a  payer  les  droits  sur  la 
valeur  qui  serait  attribute  auxdites  marchandises  par  1'expert  de 
la  douane.      Si  1'expertise  ne  satisfait  pas  le  declarant,  il  sera  tenu 
de  faire  connaitre,  dans  les  vingt-quatre  heures  (dimanches  et  jours 
de   fete   non   comptes),  au  commissaire   des   douanes  le  motif  de 


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ses  plaintes  et  de  designer  un  expert  de  son  choix  pour  proceder  a 
une  contre-estimation.  II  fera,  ensuite,  une  declaration  de  la  valeur 
telle  qu'elle  resulte  de  cette  se^onde  expertise.  Le  commissaire  des 
douanes  pourra  alors,  a  son  gre,  soit  taxer  les  marchandises  d'apres 
cette  valeur,  soit  les  soumettre  au  droit  de  preemption  en  payant 
cette  valeur  majoree  de  cinq  pour  cent.  Dans  ce  dernier  cas,  le  prix 
d'achat  sera  verse  a  Timportateur  ou  a  1'exportateur  dans  les  cinq 
jours  qui  suivront  la  declaration  du  resultat  de  la  centre-expertise. 

4.  Les    marchandises    d' importation,    avarices'    en    cours    de 
voyage,   auront  droit    a   une   remise   equitable  proportionnee   a   la 
moins-value   qu'elles   auront   subie.     En   cas  de  divergence  sur  le 
quantum    de    cette    reraise,    on    suivra    la    procedure    indiquee    au 
paragraphe  precedent. 

5.  Les   marchandises   destinees   a   ['exportation   devront    etre 
declarees    a    la    douane    coreenne    avant    d'etre    embarquees.      La 
demande  d'embarqueinent  sera  faite  par  ecrit  et  indiquera  le  nom  du 
navire  employe  au  transport,  les  marques  et  numeros  des  colis,  la 
quantite,    la    description  et  la   valeur   du  -contenu.     L'exportateur 
certifiera,  par  ecrit,  cette  declaration  sincere  et  veritable  et  y  appo- 
sera  sa  signature. 

6.  Aucune  marchandise  ne  sera  debar quee  ni  embarquee,  soit 
a   d'atitres   endroits   que    ceux    qui   seront   fixes    par   les   autorites 
douanieres  coreennes,  soit  entre  le  coucher  et  le  lever  du  soleil,  soit 
le  dimanche  et  les  jours  feries,  sans  une  permission  speciale  de  la 
douane.     Celle-ci  percevra  alors  une  remuneration  equitable  pour 
ce  service  extraordinaire. 

7.  Toute    reclamation    formulee,    soit    par    les    importateurs 
ou    exportateurs    pour    payements   en   trop,    soit   par   les  autorites 
douanieres  pour  payements  en  moins,  devra,  pour  etre  admissible, 
etre  deposee  dans  les  trente  jours  du  payement. 

8.  Aucune  declaration  ne  sera  necessaire  pour  les  bagages  des 
passagers  a  bord  des  navires  frangais.     Ces  bagages  pourront  etre 
debarques  ou  embarques  a  toute  heure,  apres  que  la  douane  se  sera 
assuree  qu'ils  ne  contiennent  pas  d'articles  soumis  aux  droits.     A  la 
demande    qui    lui   en   sera  faite,  la   douane   delivrera  des  permis 
pour  les  provisions  de  bord  destinees  aux  batiments  frangais,  a  leurs 
equipages  et  a.  leurs  passagers. 

9.  Tout  navire  frangais  pourra,   pour   cause   de   reparations, 


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debarquer  sa  cargaison  sans  etre  soumis  a  aucun  droit.  Les 
marchandises  ainsi  debarquees  resteront  sous  la  surveillance  des 
autorites  coreennes,  et  tons  les  frais  raisonnables  de  magasinage,  de 
manutention  ou  de  surveillance  devront  etre  acquittes  par  le 
capitaine.  Les  droits  du  tarif  seront  percjis  pour  toute  partie  de 
cette  cargaison  qui  serait  vendue. 

10.     Aucun    transbordement     de     cargaison    ne     pourra    etre 
effectue  sans  une  autorisation  prealable  de  la  douane. 

III. — Mesures  fiscales. 

1.  Les  autorites  douanieres  pourront,  dans  les  ports  de  Coree, 
placer  des  proposes  a  bord  des  navires  marchands  frangais.     Ces 
proposes  auront  libre  acces  dans  toutes  les  parties  du  batiment  ou 
des  marchandises  sont  arrimees.     Us  seront  traites  avec  courtoisie  et 
installes  aussi  convenablement  que  le  navire  le  permettra. 

2.  Depuis  le   coucher  jusqu'au  lever  du  soleil,    et   aussi  les 
dimanches    et     jours    feries,    les     proposes    pourront    fermer    les 
ecoutilles  et  autres  voies  d'acces  aux  endroits  ou  la  cargaison  est 
arrimee,    au   moyen    de   scelles,    de    cadenas    ou    d'autre    attaches. 
Toute  personne  qui  aurait,  sans  permission,  volontairement  ouvert 
un   passage   ainsi    ferme   ou   brise   les   scelles,    cadenas    ou    autres 
attaches   places    par   la   douane   coreenne,    sera,    de    meme    que    le 
capitaine  du  navire,  passible  d'une  amende  de  cent  dollars  mexicains 
au  maximum. 

3.  Tout   Franc.ais   qui   expedierait    ou    tenterait    d'expedier, 
debarquerait  ou  tenterait  de  debarquer,  soit  des  marchandises  qui 
n'auraient   pas   ete   en   douane  1'objet  de  la  declaration  reguliere 
sus-mentionnee,  soit  des  colis  qui  contiendraient  des  marchandises 
prohibees  ou  differentes  de  celles  portees  sur  la  declaration,  encourra 
une  amende  egale  au  double  de  la  valeur  de  ces  marchandises;  les 
marchandises  seront  confisquees. 

4.  Tout   signataire   d'une   fausse   declaration   ou    d'un    faux 
certificat  ay  ant  pour  objet  de  frauder  le  Tresor  coreen  sera  passible 
d'une  amende  de  deux  cents  dollars  mexicains  au  maximum. 

5.  Toute  infraction  aux  clauses  du  present  reglement,  pour 
laquelle   une   peine   speciale   n'a   pas   ete   prevue,   entrainera    une 
amende  de  cent  dollars  mexicains  au  maximum. 


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6.  Les  autorites  consulaires  franchises  feront  application  a 
leurs  resortissants,  dans  les  inemes  conditions  que  pour  les  clauses 
du  traite,  de  tous  les  reglements  de  douane  et  de  port  que  1'admini- 
stration  des  douanes  coreennes  jugerait  necessaire  d'etablir  en  vue 
de  garantir  la  perception  des  droits  et  d'assurer  le  f onctionnement  de 
son  service,  pourvu,  toutefois,  que  ces  reglements  aient  ete  dument 
publics,  ne  derogent  pas  aux  stipulations  ci-dessus  enoncees  et 
ne  portent  pas  atteinte  aux  droits  que  le  traite  reconnait  aux 
Frangais  en  Coree. 

[L.  s.]  (Signe)  G.  COGORDAN. 
[L.  s.]  (Signe)  KIM  MAN-SIK. 
[L.S.J  (Signe)  O.  K  DENNY. 


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TARIFF 


I.— TARIF  D'IMPORTATION. 

CLASSE    I. 
Objets  admis  en  franchise. 

Bagages  des  voyageurs. 

Caracteres  d'imprimerie  neufs  et  vieux. 

Echantillons  en  quantite  moderee. 

Instruments  aratoires. 

Instruments  de  physique,   de  mathematiques,  de   meteorologie,  de 

chirurgie  et  leurs  accessoires. 
Lingots  d'or  et  d'argent  fins. 
Livres  et  cartes. 
Modeles  d'inventions. 
Monnaies  d?or  et  d'argent. 
Plahtes,  arbres  et  arbustes  de  toute  espece. 
Pompes  a  incendie. 
Sacs,  nattes  et  cordes  d'emballage,  doublures  de  plomb. 

CLASSE  II. 

Objets  frappes  d  I' importation  d'une  taxe  de 
cinq  pour  cent  ad  valorem. 

Allumettes. 

Alun. 

Ancres  et  chaines. 

Balances,  poids  et  mesures. 

Bambou,  f endu  .ou  non. 

Ble  et  cereales,  de  toute  espece. 

Briques  et  tuiles. 

Camphre  brut. 

Charbon  et  coke. 

Chaux. 

Colle. 


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Cornes  et  sabots  non  mentionnes  d'autre  part  au  tarif. 

Coton  non  manufacture. 

Cuirs  et  peaux,  crus  on  non  prepares. 

Drogues  et  medicaments  de  toute  espece. 

Farine  et  gruau  de  toute  espece. 

Fils  de  toute  espece,  de  coton,  laine,  chanvre,  etc.,  excepte  de  sole. 

Fruits  frais  de  toute  espece. 

Graines  de  toute  espece. 

Guano  et  engrais  de  toute  espece. 

Haricots,  pois  et  farineux  de  toute  espece. 

Huile  de  bois  (T'ong-Yeou). 

Iluile  de  saja. 

Kerosene,  petrole  et  autres  huiles  minerales. 

Laines  non  manufacturers. 

Lanternes  en  papier. 

Legumes  frais,  sees  et  conserves. 

Lin,  chanvre  et  jute. 

Metaux  de  toute  espece,  en  saumons,  masses,  lingots,  plaques,  barres, 

tringles,  lames,   feuilles,  anneaux,  rubans,  fils,  fer  en  T  et  en 

coin,  vieux  fer,  ferraille. 
Nattes  pour  planchers,  chinoises  et  japonaises,  en  bourre  de  coco, 

etc.,  de  qualite  ordinaire. 
Os. 

Papier,  de  qualite  ordinaire. 
Parapluies  et  ombrelles  de  papier. 
Poisson  frais. 
Poivre  en  grains. 
Poix  et  goudron. 
Rotins  fendus  ou  non. 
Savons  de  qualite  ordinaire. 
Silex. 

Tan  et  articles  de  tanner ie. 
Tourteaux  de  graines  oleagineuses. 
Viande  fraiche. 
Tous  objets  bruts  ou  non  manufactures  qui  ne  sont  pas  specialement 

mentionnes  d'autre  part  au  tarif. 


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CLASSE  III. 

Objets  frappes  d  V importation  d'une  taxe  de  sept  et 
demi  pour  cent  ad  valorem. 

Aiguilles  et  epingles. 

Alcools  en  jarres. 

Articles  de  coutellerie  de  tout  espece. 

Bois  tendre,  charpentes  et  planches. 

Boissons  telles  que  limonade,  ginger-beer,  eaux  gazeuses  et  mine- 
rales. 

Bougies. 

Boutons,  boucles,  agrafes,  portes  d'agrafes. 

Bresillet  des  Indes. 

Charbon  de  bois. 

Ciments  de  Portland  et  de  toute  espece. 

Cire,  animale  ou  vegetale. 

Cocons. 

Colle  de  poisson,  de  toute  espece. 

Comestibles  de  toute  espece,  conserves. 

Cordes  et  cordages  de  toute  espece  et  de  toute  dimension. 

Couvertures,  couvertures  de  lit. 

Grins. 

Cuirs  de  toute  espece,  de  qualite  ordinaire. 

Eventails. 

Feutre. 

Feuilles  d'etain,  de  cuivre  et  de  tous  les  autres  metaux  excepte  For 
et  Targent. 

Fruits  confits. 

Fruits  sees,  sales  on  en  conserves. 

Gomme  gutte. 

Huiles  vegetales  de  toute  espece. 

Lampes  de  toute  espece. 

Lunettes. 

Melange  de  coton  et  de  laine,  de  toute  espece. 

Melange  de  coton  et  de  soie,  de  toute  espece. 

Metaux  de  toute  espece  en  tuyaux  ou  tubes  oxydes  ou  galvanises,  fil 
metallique,  acier,  fer-blanc,  nickel,  platine,  mercure,  metal  blanc, 
cuivre,  laiton,  or  et  argent  non  aftlnes. 


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Montres  de  toute  espece  et  pieces  d'horlogerie. 

Montures  de  parapluies. 

Moustiquaires  de  qualite  ordinaire. 

Moustiquaires  de  soie. 

Nattes  de  qualite  superieure. 

Ob  jets  en  metal  de  toute  espece,  tels  que  clous,  vis,  outils,  machines, 

materiel  pour  chemin  de  fer,  quincaillerie. 
Ob  jets  manufactures  en  coton  de  toute  espece. 
Ob  jets  en  mosaique. 

Papeterie  et  fournitures  de  bureaux,  de  toute  espece. 
Papier  de  toutes  les  especes  non  specialement  mentionnees  d'autre 

part  au  tarif. 
Parapluies  de  coton. 
Parapluies  et  ombrelles  de  soie. 
Pendules,  horloges  et  accessoires. 
Pierres  et  ardoises  taillees  et  fac.onnees. 
Plumes. 

Poisson  sec  et  sale. 
Porcelaine  de  qualite  ordinaire. 
Poterie. 

Produits  chimiques  de  toute  espece. 
Produits  marins,  tels  que  algues,  beches  de  mer,  etc. 
Resine. 
Sel. 

Soie  brute,  devidee,  filee,  bourre  de  soie,  dechets. 
Soufre. 

Sucre,  brun  et  blanc,  de  toute  qualite,  molasses,  sirops. 
Suif. 

Tapis  de  toute  espece,  et  articles  de  tapisserie. 
"  Tatamis  "  japonais,  etc. 
Teintures,  couleurs,  huiles  et  matieres  entrant  dans  la  composition 

ou  servant  a  la  preparation  des  couleurs. 
The. 

Tissus  de  laine,  de  toute  espece. 
Tissus  de  soie  de  toutes  les  especes  non  specialement  mentionnees 

d'autre  part  au  tarif. 
Tissus  de  toile,  tissus  melanges  toile  et  coton,  toile  et  laine,  toile  et 

soie,  gris,  blancs  ou  imprimes. 


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Tissus  melanges  sole  et  laine  de  toute  espece. 

Toile  a  voile. 

Toile  d'ortie  de  Chine,  et  tons  tissus  de  chanvre,  jute,  etc. 

Toile,  huilee,  toile  ciree  pour  parquets,  de  toute  espece. 

Vermicelle,  macaroni  et  pates  dites  d'ltalie. 

Vernis. 

Verrerie  de  toute  espece. 

Verres  a  vitres,  blancs  ou  de  couleurs,  de  toute  qualite. 

Vetements  et  objets  de  toilette,  de  toute'  espece,  tels  que  chapeaux,. 

bottines,  souliers,  etc.,  excepte  les  vetements  confectionnes  en  soie. 
Viande  sechee  et  salee. 

Vins.de  raisin,  de  toute  espece,  en  futs  et  en  bouteilles. 
Tous  objets  manufactures  en  partie  qui  ne  sont  pas  specialement 

mentionnes  d'autre  part  au  tarif. 

CLASSE  IV. 

Objets  frappes  a  V importation  d'une  taxe  de 
dix  pour  cent  ad  valorem. 

Appareils  photogra,,phique8. 
Biere  de  toute  espece,  cidre,  vermouth. 
Bois  dur,  planches  et  charpentes. 
Boites  a  musique. 
Camphre  raffine. 

Caoutchouc,  manufacture  ou  non. 
Carmin. 
Cheveux. 

Confiseries  et  sucreries. 

Cuirs,  de  qualite  superieure,  imprimes  ou  peints. 
Cuirs  manufactures,  de  toute  espece. 
Fil  de  soie,  bourre  de  soie  en  echeveaux. 
Instruments  de  musique,  de  toute  espece. 
Laque  ordinaire. 

Liqueurs  et  cordiaux,  en  futs  et  en  bouteilles. 
Longues-vues,  telescopes  et  jumelles. 
Malles  et  valises. 

Matieres  explosives  servant  aux  travaux  de  mine  (importees  avec 
un  permis  special). 


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Matieres  pour  sceaux  et  cachets. 

Miroirs  et  glaces,  etames  on  non,  avec  ou  sans  cadres. 

Ob  jets  d'ameublement,  de  toute  espece. 

Ob  jets  en  plaque,  de  toute  espece. 

(Euvres  d'art. 

Or  et  argent  en  feuilles. 

Papier  de  tenture,  peint  et  de  fantaisie. 

Parfumerie. 

Peintures,  estampes,  photographies,  gravures  de  toute  espece,  encad- 

rees  ou  non. 

Porcelaine  de  qualite  superieure. 
Poudre  a  dents. 
Savons  de  qualite  superieure. 
Sellerie  et  harnais. 
Sucre  candi. 
Tissus  de  soie,  tels  que  gaze,  crepe,  moire  japonaise,  satin  damasse, 

satin  a  fleurs,  soie  blanche  japonaise  (kabutai),  etc. 
Velours  de  soie. 
Vermilion. 

Vetements  confectionnes  en  soie. 
Tons  objets  completement  manufactures  qui  ne  sont  pas  specialement 

mentionnes  d'autre  part  au  tarif. 

CLASSE  V. 

01} jets  frappes  a  V importation  $une  taxe  de 

vingt  pour  cent  ad  valorem. 
Ambre. 
Armes  a  feu,  armes  de  chasse,  etc.,  munitions  de  chasse  (importees 

avec  un  permis  special). 
Batonnets  d'encens. 

Bijouterie  vraie  ou  fausse,  pierres  precieuses. 
Bois  de^senteur,  de  toute  espece. 
Broderies  en  or,  argent  ou  soie. 
Cochenille. 

Corail,  entierement  ou  partiellement  manufature. 
Comes  de  rhinoceros. 
Ecaille,  manufacturee  ou  non. 


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Epiccs  do  toutc  espoco. 

Esprits  en  futs  ct  en  bontcillcs. 

Flours  artificicllos. 

Fonrrures  dc  qualitc  snperieure,  tollcs  que  martre  zibeline,  loutrc, 

castor,  phoque,  etc. 
Ginseng,  rouge,  blanc,  cru  on  clarific. 
Ivoirc,  manufacture  on  noil. 
Laquc  dc  qimlite  supericurc. 
Muse. 

Xids  d'hirondelles. 
Objets  en  email. 
Ob  jets  on  jade. 

Parnres  de  tete  en  or  ou  en  argent. 
Pcrles. 

Pieces  d'artifice. 

Tabac  sons  toutes  ses  formes  et  de  tonte  espece. 
Vaisselle  d'or  ct  cFargcnt. 
Voitnres. 

CJ.ASSE  VI. 
Objets  proJiibcs  d  r importation. 

Armes,  munitions,  objcts  servant  a  la  guerre  tels  que  artillcric, 
canons,  balles  et  boulets,  armes  a  fen  de  toute  sorte,  cartouches, 
armes  portatives,  lances,  piques,  salpetre,  poudrc  de  guerre,  coton- 
poudrc,  dynaihite  et  autres  matieres  explosives. 

Sur  la  demande  qui  leur  en  sera  faite  et  sur  la  preuve  qui  leur 
sera  fournie  du  bien  fonde  de  cette  demande,  les  autorites 
eoreennes  delivreront  des  permis  speciaux  pour  1' importation 
des  armes,  armes  a  feu  et  munitions  destinecs  a  la  cbasse  ou  a  la 
defense  personnelle. 

Drogues  et  medicaments  falsifies.     Fausse  monnaie,  de  toute  espece. 

Opium,  excepte  1'opium  employe  en  medecine. 


Les  navires  etrangers  vendus  en  Coree  payeront  un  droit  de  vingt- 
cinq  cents  par  tonne  pour  les  navires  a  voile  et  de  cinquante  cents 
par  tonne  pour  les  navires  a  vapeur. 


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II.-TARIF  D'EXPORTATION. 

CLASSE  I. 
Objets  exportes  en  franchise. 

Arbres,  arbustes,  plantes  de  toute  espece. 
Bagages  de  voyageurs. 
Echantillons  en  quantite  moderee. 
Monnaies  d'or  et  d'argent,  de  toute  espece. 
Or  et  argent  fins. 

CLASSE  II. 

Tons  les  objets  et  prodnits  du  pays  non  enume'res  dans  la  classe 

I,  payeront  un  droit  de  cinq  pour  cent  ad  valorem. 
^exportation  du  ginseng  rouge  est  interdite. 


RfiGLEMENT. 

I.  Pour  les  objets  importes,  les  droits  ad  valorem  de  ce  tarif 
seront  calcules  sur  le  prix  actuel  de  ces  objets  au  lieu  d'origine  ou 
de    fabrication,,   augmente    du  fret,   de  Passurance,  etc.     Pour    les 
objets  exportes,  les  droits  ad  valorem  seront  calcules  d'apres  le  cours 
des  marches  de  Coree. 

II.  Les  droits  pourront  etre  acquittes  en  dollars  mexicains  ou 
en  yen  japonais  d'argent. 

III.  Le    tarif    ci-dessus    d'importation    et   d'exportation  sera 
convert!    aussitot   que  faire  se  pourra  et  dans  la  mesure  ou  cette 
conversion  sera  reconnue  utile,  en  taxes  specifiques,  apres  entente 
entre  les  autorites  competentes  des  deux  pays. 

[L.  s.]  (Signe)  G.  COGOKDAN. 
[L.  s.]  (Signe)  KIM  MAN-SIK. 
[L.  s.]  (Signe)  O.  N".  DENNY. 


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DECLARATION. 

Lcs  dispositions  suivantes  out  ete  annexees  par  les  plempotenti- 
aires  sus-mentionnes  au  traite  signe  le  menie  jour : 

I.  Dans  le  cas  ou  1'une  des  Hautes  Parties  contractantes  ne 
croirait   pas  devoir  user   de   la   faculte   qui  est   donncc   a   chacune 
d'elles  par  Particle  II   du  traite  de   nommer  des  consuls  dans   les 
ports  de  Pautre,  elle  pourra  en  confier  les  fonctious  aux  agents  d'une 
puissance  tierce. 

II.  Le  droit  de  juridiction  reconnu  par  Particle  III  du  traite 
aux  consuls  frangais  sur  leurs  nationaux  en  Coree  sera  abandonne 
quand,    dans   1'opinion   du   Gouvernement    frangais   les   lois   et    la 
procedure  coreennes  auront  ete  modifiees  et  reformees  de  telle  sorte 
qu'il  n'y  ait  plus  d'objections  a  placer  les  Franc,ais  sous  la  juridiction 
territoriale,  et  quand  la  rnagistrature  coreenne  presentera,  au  point 
de  vue  de  Pindependance  et  des  connaissances  juridiques,  les  monies 
garanties  que  les  magistrats  frangais. 

III.  Dans  le  cas  ou  toutes  les  puissances  qui  ont  deja  conclu 
des  traites  avec  la  Coree  ou  qui  viendraient  a  en  conclure  ulterieure- 
ment  consentiraient  a  renoncer  au  droit  confere  par  ces  traites  a 
leurs  nationaux  d'ouvrir  des  etablissements  de  commerce  dans  la 
ville  de  Seoul,  ce  droit  ne  serait  pas  reclame  en  faveur  des  commer- 
gants  frangais. 

IV.  Les  clauses  du  present  traite  s'appliquent  a  tons  les  pays 
places  sous  Pautorite  et  sous  le  protectorat  de  la  France. 

La  presente  declaration  sera,  en  meme  temps  que  le  traite, 
soumise  aux  deux  gouvernements,  et  la  ratification  du  traite  empor- 
tera  ratification  de  la  declaration,  sans  que  celle-ci  soit  Pobjet  d'un 
acte  dc  ratification  separe. 

En  foi  de  quoi,  lesdits  plenipotentiares  ont  signe  la  presente 
declaration  et  y  ont  appose  leurs  cachets. 

Fait  a  Seoul,  le  quatre  juin  mil  huit  cent  quatre-vingt-six, 
correspondant  au  troisieme  jour  de  la  cinquicme  lune  de  la  quatre 
cent  quatre-vingt-quinzieme  annee  de  Pere  coreenne  ou  de  la  douzieme 
annee  du  regne  chinois  KouANG-SiN. 

[L.  s.]  (Signe)  G.  COGOKDAN^ 
[L.  s.]  (Signe)  KIM  MAN-SIK. 
[L.  s.]  (Signe)  O.  1ST.  DENNY. 


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POSTAL  AGREEMENT,  APRIL  17,  1901. 

Le  Gouverneraent  de  la  Rcpublique  franchise  et  le  Gouverne- 
ment  de  Sa  Majeste  PEmpereur  de  Coree,  considerant  Pinteret 
qui  s'attache  an  developpement  et  a  la  facilite  des  relations  entre  les 
bureaux  de  poste  frangais  etablis  en  Chine,  et  ^administration  des 
postes  imperiales  coreennes,  et  par  application  des  stipulations  de 
Particle  21,  paragraphe  2,  de  la  convention  de  F Union  postale 
universelle, 

Sont  convenus  de  ce  qui  suit : 

ARTICLE  I. 

La  taxe  des  lettres,  originaires  des  bureaux  de  poste  frangais  en 
Chine,  a  destination  de  la  Coree,  est  fixee  a  15  centimes  par  15 
grammes  on  fraction  de  15  grammes,  en  cas  d'affranchissement. 

De  son  cote,  Poffice  imperial  des  postes  coreennes  percevra,  pour 
les  lettres  affranchies,  originaires  de  la  Coree,  a  destination  des 
bureaux  frangais  en  Chine,  3  cheuu  (3/100e  de  piastre),  par  15 
grammes  on  fraction  de  15  grammes. 

Les  lettres,  non  ou  insutfisarnment  affranchies,  sont  taxees,  a 
Parrivee,  au  double  de  I'affranchisscment  dont  elles  etaient  passibles 
au  depart,  ou  au  double  de  rinsuffisance  d'aifranchissement. 

ARTICLE  II. 

Les  lettres  beneficiant  de  ce  regime  special  seront  exclusivement 
comprises  dans  les  depeches  closes  que  s'adresseront  directement  les 
bureaux  d'echange  f  rangais  en  Chine,  et  les  bureaux  coreens  designes 
a  cet  effet,  d'un  common  accord,  par  les  deux  administrations 
interessees. 

ARTICLK  III. 

Le  present  arrangement  sera  mis  a  execution  aussitot  que 
possible  et  demeurera  en  vigueur  pendant  un  temps  indeterinine. 

Toutefois,  les  Gouvernements  des  deux  pays  pourront  y  appor- 
ter,  a  toute  epoque,  les  modifications  que,  d'un  commun  accord,  ils 


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jugeront  necessaires,  on  y  inettre  fin  par  un  avis  donne,  six  inois  an 
moins  a  1'avance,  par  celui  des  deux  gouvernements  qui  sc  verrait 
oblige  de  lo  rompre. 

En  foi  dc  quoi,  les  soussigncs,  savoir : 

Le  sicur  Victor  Collin  de  Plancy,  Ministre  plonipotentiaire, 
charge  des  fonctions  de  Ministre  resident  de  la  Republique  franchise 
en  Ooree,  chevalier  de  la  Legion  d'honneur,  officicr  dc  1'Instruction 
publique,  etc. ; 

Et  Lours  Excellences : 

Pak  Tjyei  Syoun,  dignitaire  du  deuxiemc  rang,  premier  degre, 
decore  de  la  3''  classc  de  Pordre  imperial  dc  Htai-Keuk,  Conseiller 
d'Etat,  general  de  brigade,  Ministre  dcs  Affaires  etrangeres  de 
Coree,  etc. ; 

Min  Sang-Ho,  dignitaire  du  deuxieinc  rang,  deuxieme  dogre, 
decore  de  la  3°  classe  de  1'ordre  imperial  de  Iltai-Keuk,  colonel 
de  I'armce  de  terre,  directeur  general  de  ^administration  des 
communications,  etc. ; 

A  ce  diiment  autorises  ont  dresse  le  present  arrangement  et 
1'ont  revetu  de  leurs  cachets. 

Fait  a  Seoul,  en  triple  exemplaire,  en  langues  frangaisc  et  sino- 
coreenne,  le  17  avril  1901. 

Le  Ministre  de  la  Republique  fran^aisc, 
[i..  s.]      (Signe)   V.  COLI.IN  DK  PJ.ANCY. 

Le  Ministre  des  Affaires  etranycrcs 

de  P Empire  de  Coree, 
[L.  s.]      (Signe)       PAK  TJYEI  SYOUN. 

Le  Directeur  general  des  communications 

de  VEmpire  de  Coree, 
[L.  s,]      (Signe)  MIN  SANG-HO. 


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GERMANY. 


TREATY  OF  FRIENDSHIP,  COMMERCE  AXI) 
XAYIGATIOX,  XOYEMBER  26,  1883. 

His  Majesty  the  German  Emperor,  King  of  Prussia,  in  the  name 
of  the  German  Empire,  and  His  Majesty  the  King  of  Corea,  being 
sincerely  desirous  of  establishing  permanent  relations  of  friendship 
and  commerce  between  their  respective  dominions,  have  resolved  to 
conclude  a  Treaty  for  that  purpose,  and  have  therefore  named  as  their 
Plenipotentiaries,  that  is  to  say: 

His  Majesty  the  German  Eni])eror,  King  of  Prussia,  EDUARP 
ZAPPE,  His  Consul  General  at  Yokohama; 

His  Majesty  the. King  of  Corea,  Mix  YOXG-MOK,  President  of 
the  Foreign  Office,  a  Dignitary  of  the  First  Rank,  Senior  Vice- 
President  of  the  Council  of  State,  Member  of  His  Majesty's  Privy 
Council,  and  Senior  Guardian  of  the  Crown  Prince ; 

Who,  after  having  communicated  to  each  other  their  respective 
full  powers,  found  in  good  and  clue  form,  have  agreed  upon  and 
concluded  the  following  Articles: 


ARTICLE    I. 

1.  There  shall  be  perpetual  peace  and  friendship  between  His 
Majesty  the  German  Emperor,  King  of  Prussia,  and  His  Majesty  the 
King  of  Corea,  and  between  the  subjects  of  the  German  Empire  and 
of  the  Kingdom  of  Corea,  who  shall  enjoy  full  security  and  protection 
for  their  persons  and  property  within  the  dominions  of  the  other. 

2.  In  the  case  of  differences  arising  between  one  of  the  High 
Contracting  Parties  and  a  third  Power,  the  other  High  Contracting 
Party,  if  requested  to  do  so,  shall  exert  its  good  offices  to  bring  about 
an  amicable  arrangement. 


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ARTICI.K  II. 

1.  The  High  Contracting  Parties  may  each  appoint  a  Diplo- 
matic Agent  to  reside  permanently  or  temporarily  at  the  capital  of 
the  other,   and  may   appoint   a   Consul   General,   Consuls,   or   V ice- 
Consuls  to  reside  at  any  or  all  of  the  ports  or  places  of  the  other  which 
are  open  to  Foreign  commerce.       The  Diplomatic  Agents  and  Con- 
sular functionaries  of  both   countries   shall   freely  enjoy  the   same 
facilities    for   communication,    personally    or   in   writing,    with    the 
Authorities  of  the  country  where  they  respectively  reside,  together 
with  all  other  privileges  and  immunities,  as  are  enjoyed  by  Diplo- 
matic or  Consular  functionaries  in  other  countries. 

2.  The   Diplomatic  Agent  and  the  Consular  functionaries  of 
each  Power,  and  the  members  of  their  official  establishments,  shall 
have  the  right  to  travel  freely  in  any  part  of  the  dominions  of  the 
other;  and  the  Corean  Authorities  shall  furnish  passports  to  such 
German  officials  travelling  in  Corea,  and  shall  provide  such  escort  for 
their  protection  as  may  be  necessary. 

3.  The  Consular  officers  of  both  countries  shall  exercise  their 
functions   on    receipt   of  due   authorisation    from   the   Sovereign   or 
Government  of  the  country  in  which  they  respectively  resid£,  and 
shall  not  be  permitted  to  engage  in  trade. 

ARTICLE  III. 

1.  Jurisdiction  over  the  persons  and  property  of  German  sub- 
jects  in   Corea   shall  be  vested  exclusively   in  the  duly   authorised 
German  Authorities,  who  shall  hear  and  determine  all  cases  brought 
against  German  subjects  by  any  German  or  other  Foreign  subject  or 
citizen,  without  the  intervention  of  the  Corean  Authorities. 

2.  If  the  Corean   Authorities  or  a  Corean  subject  make  any 
charge  or  complaint  against  a  German  subject  in  Corea,  the  case  shall 
be  heard  and  decided  by  the  German  Authorities. 

3.  If  the  German  Authorities  or  a  German  subject"  in  Corea 
make  any  charge  or  complaint  against  a  Corean  subject  in  Corea,  the 
case  shall  be  heard  and  decided  by  the  Corean  Authorities. 

4.  A  German  subject  who  commits  any  offence  in  Corea  shall 
be  tried  and  punished  -by  the  German  Authorities,  according  to  the 
laws  of  Germany. 


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5.  A  Corean  subject  who  commits  in  Corea  any  offence  against 
a  German  subject  shall  be  tried  and  punished  by  the  Corean  Autho-  • 
rities,  according  to  the  laws  of  Corea. 

6.  Any  complaint  against  a  German  subject  involving  a  penalty 
or  confiscation  by  reason  of  any  breach  either  of  this  Treaty  or  of  any 
[Regulation  annexed  thereto,  or  of  any  Regulation  that  may  hereafter 
be  made  in  virtue  of  its  provisions,  shall  be  brought  before  the  Ger- 
man Authorities  for  decision,   and  any  penalty  imposed,   and   all 
property  confiscated  in  such  cases,  shall  belong  to  the  Corean  Govern- 
ment. 

7.  German  goods,  when  seized  by  the  Corean  Authorities  at  an 
open  port,  shall  be  put  under  the  seals  of  the  Corean  and  the  German 
Aiithorities,  and  shall  be  detained  by  the  former  until  the  German 
Authorities  shall  have  given  their  decision.     If  this  decision  is  in 
favour  of  the  owner  of  the  goods,  they  shall  be  immediately  placed 
at  the  Consul's  disposal.     But  the  owner  shall  be  allowed  to  receive 
them  at  once  on  depositing  their  value  with  tjie  Corean  Authorities 
pending  the  decision  of  the  German  Authorities. 

8.  In  all  cases,  whether'civil  or  criminal,  tried  either  in  Corean 
or  German  courts  in  Corea,   a  properly  authorised  official  of  the 
nationality  of  the  plaintiff  shall  be  allowed  to  attend  the  hearing,  and 
shall  be  treated  with  the  courtesy  due  to  his  position.     He  shall  be 
allowed,  whenever  he  thinks  it  necessary,  to  call  witnesses  and  have 
them  examined,  and  to  protest  against  the  proceedings  or  decision. 

9.  If  a  Corean  subject  who  is  charged  with  an  offence  against 
the  laws  of  his  country  takes  refuge  on  premises  occupied  by  a  Ger- 
man subject,  or  on  board  a  German  merchant  vessel,  the  German 
Authorities  shall  take  steps  to  have  such  person  arrested  and  handed 
over  to  the  Corean  Authorities  for  trial,  on  receiving  an  application 
from  them.     But,  without  the  consent  of  the  proper  German  autho- 
rity, no  Corean  officer  shall  enter  the  premises  of  any  German  subject 
without  his  consent,  or  go  on  boa'rd  any  German  ship  without  the 
consent  of  the  officer  in  charge. 

10.  On  the  demand  of  any  competent  German  authority,  the 
Corean  Authorities  shall  arrest  and  deliver  to  the  former  any  German 
subject  charged  with  a  criminal  offence,  and  any  deserter  from  a 
German  ship  of  war  or  merchant  vessel. 


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ARTICLE  IV. 

1.  The  ports  of  Chemulpo  (  Jenchuan),  Wonsan  (Gensan),  and 
Pusan  (Fusan),  or  if  the  latter  port  should  not  be  approved,  then 
such  other  port  as  may  be  selected  in  its  neighbourhood,  together  with 
the  city  of  Hanyang  (Seoul)  and  the  town  of  Yanghwachin,  or  such 
other  place  in  that  neighbourhood  as  may  be  deemed  desirable,  shall, 
from  the  day  on  which  this  Treaty  comes  into  operation,  be  opened  to 
German  commerce. 

2.  At  the  above-named  places  German  subjects  shall  have  the 
right  to  rent  or  to  purchase  land  or  houses,  and  to  erect  dwellings, 
warehouses,  and  factories.     They  shall  be  allowed  the  free  exercise  of 
their  religion.      All  arrangements  for  the  selection,  determination  of 
the  limits,  and  laying  out  of  the  sites  of  the  Foreign  settlements,  and 
for  the  sale  of  land  at  the  various  ports  and  places  in  Corea  open  to 
Foreign  trade,  shall  be  made  by  the  Corean  Authorities  in  conjunc- 
tion with  the  competent  Foreign  authorities. 

3.  These  sites  shall  be  purchased  from  the  owners  and  prepared 
for  occupation  by  the  Corean  Government,   and  the  expense  thus 
incurred  shall  be  a  first  charge  on  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the  land. 
The  yearly  rental  agreed  upon  by  the  Corean  Authorities  in  conjunc- 
tion with  the  Foreign  authorities  shall  be  paid  to  the  former,  who 
shall  retain  a  fixed  amount  thereof  as  a  fair  equivalent  for  the  land 
tax,  and  the  remainder,  together  with  any  balance  left  from  the 
proceeds  of  land  sales,  shall  belong  to  a  municipal  fund  to  be  admini- 
stered by  a  Council,  the  constitution  of  which  shall  be  determined 
hereafter  by  ^  the  Corean  Authorities  in  conjunction  with  the  compe- 
tent Foreign  authorities. 

4.  German  subjects  may  Tent  or  purchase  land  or  houses  be- 
yond the  limits  of  the  Foreign  settlements,  and  within  a  distance  of 
ten  Corean  li  from  the  same.     But  all  land  so  occupied  shall  be 
subject  to  such  conditions  as  to  the  observance  of  Corean  local  regula- 
tions and  payment  of  land  tax  as  the  Corean  Authorities  may  see  fit 
to  impose. 

5.  The  Corean  Authorities  will  set  apart,  free  of  cost,  at  each 
of  the  places  open  to  trade,  a  suitable  piece  of  ground  as  a  Foreign 
cemetery,   upon  which   no   rent,   land   tax,   or  other  charges   shall 
be  payable,  and  the  management  of  which  shall  be  left  to  the  Muni- 


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cipal  Council  above  mentioned. 

6.  German  subjects  shall  be  allowed  to  go  where  they  please 
without  passports  within  a  distance  of  one  hundred  Corean  li  from 
any  of  the  ports  and  places  open  to  trade,  or  within  such  limits  as  may 
be  agreed  upon  between  the  competent  authorities  of  both  countries. 
German  subjects  are  also  authorised  to  travel  in  Corea  for  pleasure  or 
for   purposes   of   trade,   to   transport   and   sell   goods   of   all   kinds, 
except  books  and  other  printed  matter  disapproved  of  by  the  Corean 
Government,   and  to  purchase  Native  produce  in  all  parts  of  the 
country  under  passports,  which  will  be  issued  by  their  Consuls  and 
countersigned   or   sealed   by   the    Corean    local    authorities.     These 
passports,  if  demanded,  must  be  produced  for  examination  in  the 
districts  passed  through.     If  the  passport  be  not  irregular,  the  bearer 
will  be  allowed  to  proceed ;  and  he  shall  be  at  liberty  to  procure  such 
means  of  transport  as  he  may  require. 

Any  German  subject  travelling  beyond  the  limits  above  named 
without  a  passport,  or  committing  when  in  the  interior  any  offence, 
shall  be  arrested  and  handed  over  to  the  nearest  German  Consul  for 
punishment.  Travelling  beyond  the  said  limits  without  a  passport 
will  render  the  offender  liable  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred 
Mexican  dollars,  with  or  without  imprisonment  for  a  term  not  exceed- 
ing one  month. 

7.  German  subjects  in  Corea  shall  be  amenable  to  the  munici- 
pal and  police  regulations  for  the  maintenance  of  the  peace  and  public 
order  agreed  upon  by  the  competent  authorities  of  the  two  countries. 
To  make  such  regulations  binding  on  German  subjects,  they  will  be 
duly  promulgated  by  the  competent  German  authorities  and  enforced 
by  them. 

ARTICLE  V. 

1.  At  each  of  the  ports  and  places  open  to  Foreign  trade 
German  subjects  shall  be  at  full  liberty  to  import  from  any  Foreign 
port  or  any  Corean  open  port,  to  sell  to  or  to  buy  from  any  Corean 
subject  or  others,  and  to  export  to  any  Foreign  or  Corean  open  port, 
all  kinds  of  merchandise  not  prohibited  by  this  Treaty,  on  paying  the 
duties  of  the  Tariff  annexed  thereto.  They  may  freely  transact  their 
business  with  Corean  subjects  or  others  without  the  intervention  of 


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Corean  officials  or  other  persons,  and  they  may  freely  engage  in  any 
industrial  occupation. 

2.  The  owners  or  consignees  of  all  goods  imported  from  any 
Foreign  port  upon  which  the  duty  of  the  aforesaid  Tariff  shall  have 
been  paid  shall  be  entitled,  on  re-exporting  the  same  to  any  Foreign 
port  at  any  time  within  thirteen  Corean  months  of  the   date   of 
importation,  to  receive  a  drawback  certificate  for  the  amount  of  such 
import  duty,   provided  that  the  original  packages  containing  such 
goods   remain  intact.     These  drawback  certificates  shall  either  be 
redeemed  by  the  Corean  Customs  on  demand,  or  they  shall  be  received 
in  payment  of  duty  at  any  Corean  open  port. 

3.  The  duty  paid  on  Corean  goods,  when  carried  from  one 
Corean  open  port  to  another,  shall  be  refunded  at  the  port  of  shipment 
on  production  of  a  Customs  certificate  showing  that  the  goods  have 
arrived  at  the  port  of  destination,  or  on  satisfactory  proof  being 
produced  of  the  loss  of  the  goods  by  shipwreck. 

4.  All  goods  imported  into  Corea  by  German  subjects,  and  on 
which  the  duty  of  the  Tariff  annexed  to  this  Treaty  shall  have  been 
paid,  may  be  conveyed  to  any  Corean  open  port  free  of  duty,  and, 
when  transported  into  the  interior,  shall  not  be  subject  to  any  addi- 
tional tax,  excise,  or  transit  duty  whatsoever  in  any  part  of  the 
country.     In  like  manner,  full   freedom  shall  be  allowed  for  the 
transport  to  the  open  ports  of  all  Corean  commodities  intended  for 
exportation,  and  such  commodities  shall  not,  either  at  the  place  of 
production  or  when  being  conveyed  from  any  part  of  Corea  to  any  of 
the  open  ports,  be  subjected  to  the  payment  of  any  tax,  excise,  or 
transit  duty  whatsoever. 

5.  The   Corean  Government  may  charter  German  merchant 
vessels  for  the  conveyance  of  goods  or  passengers  to  unopened  ports 
in  Corea,  and  Corean  subjects  shall  have  the  same  right,  subject  to  the 
approval  of  their  own  Authorities. 

6.  Whenever  the  Government  of  Corea  shall  have  reason  to 
apprehend  a  scarcity  of  food  within  the  Kingdom,  His  Majesty  the 
King  of  Corea  may,  by  Decree,  temporarily  prohibit  the  export  of 
grain  to  Foreign  countries  from  any  or  all  of  the  Corean  open  ports, 
and  such  prohibition  shall  become  binding  on  German  subjects  in 
Corea  on  the  expiration  of  one  month  from  the  date  on  which  it  shall 
have  been  officially  communicated  by  the  Corean  Authorities  to  the 


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German  Consul  at  the  port  concerned,  but  shall  not  remain  longer  in 
force  than  is  absolutely  necessary. 

7.  All  German  ships  shall  pay  tonnage  dues  at  the  rate  of  thirty 
cents  (Mexican)  per  registered  ton.     One  such  payment  will  entitle 
a  vessel  to  visit  any  or  all  of  the  open  ports  in  Corea  during  a  period 
of  four  months  without  further  charge.     All  tonnage  dues  shall  be 
appropriated  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  lighthouses  and  beacons,  and 
placing  buoys  on  the  Corean  coasts,  more  especially  at  the  approaches 
to  the  open  .  ports,   and  in  deepening  or  otherwise   improving  the 
anchorages.     No  tonnage  dues  shall  be  charged  on  boats  employed 
at  the  open  ports  in  landing  or  shipping  cargo. 

8.  It  is  hereby  agreed  that  the  Tariff  and  Trade  Regulations 
annexed  hereto  shall  come  into  operation  simultaneously  with  this 
Treaty.     The  authorities  of  the  two  countries  may  from  time  to  time 
revise  the  said  Regulations  with  a  view  to  the  insertion  therein,  by 
mutual  consent,  of  such  modifications  and  additions  as  experience 
shall  prove  to  be  expedient ;  but  these  will  not  come  into  operation  for 
subjects  of  the  German  Empire  until  they  shall  have  been  approved 
by  the  Imperial  German  Government. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

Any  German  subject  who  smuggles,  or  attempts  to  smuggle, 
goods  into  any  Corean  port  or  place  not  open  to  Foreign  trade  shall 
forfeit  twice  the  value  of  such  goods,  and  the  goods  shall  be  con- 
fiscated. The  Corean  Authorities  may  seize  such  goods,  and  may 
arrest  any  German  subject  concerned  in  such  smuggling  or  attempt 
to  smuggle.  They  shall  immediately  forward  any  person  so  arrested 
to  the  nearest  German  Consul  for  trial,  and  may  detain  such  goods 
until  the  case  shall  have  been  finally  adjudicated. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

1.  If  a  German  ship  be  wrecked  or  stranded  on  the  coast  of 
Corea,  the  local  authorities  shall  immediately  take  steps  to  protect  the 
ship  and  her  cargo  from  plunder,  and  all  persons  belonging  to  her 
from  ill-treatment,  and  to  render  such  other  assistance  as  may  be 
required.  They  shall  at  once  inform  the  nearest  German  Consul  of 

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the  occurrence,  and  shall  furnish  the  shipwrecked  persons,  if  neces- 
sary, with  means  of  conveyance  to  the  nearest  open  port. 

2.  All  expenses  incurred  by  the  Government  of  Corea  for  the 
rescue,  clothing,  maintenance,  and  travelling  of  shipwrecked  German 
subjects,  for  the  recovery  of  the  bodies  of  the  drowned,  for  the  medical 
treatment  of  the  sick  and  injured,  and  for  the  burial  of  the  dead,  shall 
be  repaid  by  the  German  Government  to  that  of  Corea. 

3.  The  German  Government  shall  not  be  responsible  for  the 
repayment  of  the  expenses  incurred  in  the  recovery  or  preservation 
of  a  wrecked  vessel   or  the   property  belonging  to  her.     All  such 
expenses  shall  be  a  charge  upon  the  property  saved,  and  shall  be  paid 
by  the  parties  interested  therein  upon  receiving  delivery  of  the  same. 

4.  ~No  charge  shall  be  made  by  the  Government  of  Corea  for  the 
expenses  of  the  Government  officers,  local  functionaries,  or  police  who 
shall  proceed  to  the  wreck,  for  the  travelling  expenses  of  officers 
escorting  the  shipwrecked  men,  nor  for  the  expenses  of  official  cor- 
respondence.    Such  expenses  shall  be  borne  by  the  Corean  Govern- 
ment. 

5.  Any  German  merchant  ship  compelled  by  stress  of  weather 
or  by  want  of  fuel  or  provisions  to  enter  an  unopened  port  in  Corea 
shall  be  allowed  to  execute  repairs  and  to  obtain  necessary  supplies. 
All  such  expenses  shall  be  defrayed  by  the  master  of  the  vessel. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

1.  The  ships  of  war  of  the  High  Contracting  Parties  shall  be 
at  liberty  to  visit  all  the  ports  of  the  other.     They  shall  enjoy  every 
facility  for  procuring  supplies  of  all  kinds,  or  for  making  repairs, 
and  shall  not  be  subject  to  trade  or  harbour  regulations,  nor  be  liable 
to  the  payment  of  duties  or  port  charges  of  any  kind. 

2.  When  German  ships  of  war  visit  unopened  ports  in  Corea, 
the  officers  and  men  may  land,  but  shall  not  proceed  into  the  interior 
unless  they  are  provided  with  passports. 

3.  Supplies  of  all  kinds  for  the  use  of  the  German  navy  may 
be  landed  at  the  open  ports  of  Corea,  and  stored  in  the  custody  of  a 
German  official,  without  the  payment  of  any  duty.     But  if  any  such 
supplies  are  sold,  the  purchaser  shall  pay  the  proper  duty  to  the 
Corean  Authorities. 


4.  "  The  Corean  Government  will  afford  all  the  facilities  in  their 
power  to  ships  belonging  to  the  German  Government  which  may  be 
engaged  in  making  surveys  in  Corean  waters. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

German  subjects  in  Corea  shall  be  allowed  to  employ  Corean 
subjects  as  teachers,  interpreters,  servants,  or  in  any  other  lawful 
capacity,  without  any  restriction  on  the  part  of  the  Corean  Authori- 
ties; and,  in  like  manner,  no  restriction  shall  be  placed  upon  the 
employment  of  German  subjects  by  Corean  subjects  in  any  lawful 
capacity.  Subjects  of  either  nationality  who  may  proceed  to  the 
country  of  the  other  to  study  its  language,  literature,  laws,  arts,  or 
industries,  or  for  the  purpose  of  scientific  research,  shall  be  afforded 
every  reasonable  facility  for  doing  so. 

ARTICLE  X. 

It  is  hereby  stipulated  that  the  Government,  public  officers,  and 
subjects  of  the  German  Empire  shall,  from  the  day  on  which  this 
Treaty  comes  into  operation,  participate  in  all  privileges,  immunities, 
and  advantages,  especially  in  relation  to  import  or  export  duties, 
which  shall  then  have  been  granted  or  may  thereafter  be  granted  by 
His  Majesty  the  King  of  Corea  to  the  Government,  public  officers,  or 
subjects  of  any  other  Power. 

ARTICLE  XL 

Ten  years  from  the  date  on  which  this  Treaty  shall  come  into 
operation,  either  of  the  High  Contracting  Parties  may,  on  giving  one 
year's  previous  notice  to  the  other,  demand  a  revision  of  the  Treaty 
or  of  the  Tariff  annexed  thereto,  with  a  view  to  the  insertion  therein, 
l>y  mutual  consent,  of  such  modifications  as  experience  shall  prove  to 
Le  desirable. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

1.  This  Treaty  is  drawn  up  in  the  German,  English,  and 
•Chinese  languages,  all  of  which  versions  have  the  same  meaning ;  but 


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it  is  hereby  agreed  that  any  difference  which  may  arise  as  to  inter- 
pretation shall  be  determined  by  reference  to  the  English  text. 

2.  For  the  present,  all  official  communications  addressed  by  the 
German  authorities  to  those  of  Corea  shall  be  accompanied  by  a 
translation  into  Chinese. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

The  present  Treaty  shall  be  ratified  by  His  Majesty  the  German 
Emperor,  King  of  Prussia,  and  by  His  Majesty  the  King  of  Corear. 
under  their  hands  and  seals.  The  ratifications  shall  be  exchanged  at 
Hanyang  (Seoul)  as  soon  as  possible,  or,  at  latest,  within  one  year 
from  the  date  of  signature^  and  the  Treaty,  which  shall  be  published 
by  both  Governments,  shall  come  into  operation  on  the  day  on  which 
the  ratifications  are  exchanged. 

In  witness  whereof,  the  respective  Plenipotentiaries  above  named 
have  signed  the  present  Treaty,  and  have  thereto  affixed  their  seals. 

Done  in  triplicate  at  Hanyang,  in  the  German,  English,  and 
Chinese  languages,  this  twenty-sixth  day  of  November  in  the  year 
eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-three,  corresponding  to  the  twenty- 
seventh  day  of  the  tenth  month  of  the  four  hundred  and  ninety-second 
year  of  the  Corean  era.  • 

[L.  s.]      (Signed)   ED.  ZAPPE. 

[L.  s.]      (Signature  of  MIN  YONG-MOK.) 


11T 


REGULATIONS  UNDER  WHICH  GERMAN  TRADE 
IS  TO  BE  CONDUCTED  IN  COREA. 

I. — Entrance  and  Clearance  of  Vessels. 

1.  Within  forty-eight  hours   (exclusive  of  Sundays  and  holi- 
days) after  the  arrival  of  a  German  ship  in  a  Corean  port,  the  master 
shall  deliver  to  the  Corean  Customs  authorities  the  receipt  of  the 
German  Consul  showing  that  he  has  deposited  the. ship's  papers  at 
the  German  Consulate,  and  he  shall  then  make  an  entry  of  his  ship  by 
handing  in  a  written  paper  stating  the  name  of  the  ship,  of  the  port 
from  which  she  comes,  of  her  master,  the  number,  and,  if  required, 
the  names  of  her  passengers,  her  tonnage,  and  the  number  of  her  crew, 
which  paper  shall  be  certified  by  the  master  to  be  a  true  statement, 
and  shall  be  signed  by  him.     He  shall  at  the  same  time  deposit  a 
written  manifest  of  his  cargo,  setting  forth  the  marks  and  numbers 
of  the  packages  and  their  contents  as  they  are  described  in  the  bills  of 
lading,  with  the  names  of  the  persons  to  whom  they  are  consigned. 
The  master  shall  certify  that  this  description  is  correct,  and  shall  sign 
his  name  to  the  same.     When  a  vessel  has  been  duly  entered,  the 
Customs  authorities  will  issue  a  permit  to  open  hatches,  which  shall 
be  exhibited  to  the  Customs  officer  on  board.     Breaking  bulk  without 
having  obtained  such  permission  will  render  the  master  liable  to  a  fine 
not  exceeding  one  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 

2.  If  any  error  is  discovered  in  the  manifest,  it  may  be  cor- 
rected within  twenty-four  hours  (exclusive  of  Sundays  and  holidays) 
of  its  being  handed  in,  without  the  payment  of  any  fee,  but  for  any 
alteration  or  post  entry  to  the  manifest  made  after  that  time  a  fee  of 
five  Mexican  dollars  shall  be  paid. 

3.  Any  master  who  shall  neglect  to  enter  his  vessel  at  the 
Corean  Custom  House  within  the  time  fixed  by  this  Regulation  shall 
pay  a  penalty  not  exceeding  fifty  Mexican  dollars  for  every  twenty- 
four  hours  that  he  shall  so  neglect  to  enter  his  ship. 

4.  Any  German  vessel  which  remains  in  port  for  less  than 
forty-eight  hours  (exclusive  of  Sundays  and  holidays)  and  does  not 
open  her  hatches,  also  any  vessel  driven  into  port  by  stress  of  weather, 
or  any  in  want  of  supplies,  shall  not  be  required  to  enter  or  to  pay 
tonnage  dues  so  long  as  such  vessel  does  not  engage  in  trade. 


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5.  When  the  master  of  a  vessel  wishes  to  clear,  he  shall  hand  in 
to  the  Customs  authorities  an  export  manifest  containing  similar 
particulars  to  those  given   in  the  import  manifest.     The  Customs 
authorities  will  then  issue  a  clearance  certificate  and  return  the  Con- 
sul's receipt  for  the  ship's  papers.     These  documents  must  be  handed 
in  to  the  Consulate  before  the  ship's  papers  are  returned  to  the 
master. 

6.  Should  any  ship  leave  the  port  without  clearing  outwards  in 
.the  manner  above  prescribed,  the  master  -shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty 
not  exceeding  two  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 

7.  German  steamers  may  enter  and  clear  on  the  same  day,  and 
they  shall  not  be  required  to  hand  in  a  manifest  except  for  such  goods 
as  are  to  be  landed  or  transhipped  at  the  port  of  entry. 

II. — Landing  and  Shipping  of  Cargo,  and  Payment  of  Duties. 

1.  The  importer  of  any  goods  who  desires  to  land  them  shall 
make  and  sign  an  application  to  that  effect  at  the  Custom  House, 
stating  his  own  name,  the  name  of  the  ship  in  which  the  goods  have 
been  imported,  the  marks,  numbers,  and  contents  of  the  packages  and 
their   values,    and    declaring   that   this   statement    is   correct.     The 
Customs  authorities  may  demand  the  production  of  the  invoice  of 
each  consignment  of  merchandise.     If  it  is  not  produced,  or  if  its 
absence  is  not  satisfactorily  accounted  for,  the  owner  shall  be  allowed 
to  land  his  goods  on  payment  of  double  the  Tariff  duty;  but  the 
surplus  duty  so  levied  is  to  be  refunded  on  the  production  of  the 
invoice. 

2.  All  goods  so  entered   may  be  examined  by  the  Customs 
officers  at  the  places  appointed  for  the  purpose.     Such  examination 
shall  be  made  without  delay  or  injury  to  the  merchandise,  and  the 
packages  shall  be  at  once  restored  by  the  Customs  authorities  to  their 
original  condition,  in  so  far  as  may  be  practicable. 

3.  Should  the  Customs  authorities  consider  the  value  of  any 
goods  paying  an  ad  valorem  duty  as  declared  by  the  importer  or 
exporter  insufficient,  they  shall  call  upon  him  to  pay  duty  on  the  value 
determined  by  an  appraisement  to  be  made  by  the  Customs  appraiser. 

But  should  the  importer  or  exporter  be  dissatisfied  with  that 
appraisement,  he  shall  within  twenty-four  hours  (exclusive  of  Sun- 


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days  and  holidays)  state  his  reasons  for  such  dissatisfaction  to  the 
Commissioner  of  Customs,  and  shall  appoint  an  appraiser  of  his  own 
to  make  a  re-appraisement.  He  shall  then  declare  the  value  of  the 
goods  as  determined  by  such  re-appraisement. 

The  Commissioner  of  Customs  'will  thereupon,  at  his  option, 
either  assess  the  duty  on  the  value  determined  by  this  re-appraisement 
or  will  purchase  the  goods  from  the  importer  or  exporter  at  the  price 
thus  determined,  with  the  addition  of  five  per  cent.  In  the  latter  case 
the  purchase  money  shall  be  paid  to  the  importer  or  exporter  within 
five  days  from  the  date  on  which  he  has  declared  the  value  determined 
by  his  own  appraiser. 

4.  Upon  all  goods  damaged  on  the  voyage  of  importation  a 
fair  reduction  of  duty  shall  be  allowed,  proportionate  to  their  dete- 
rioration.    If  any  disputes  arise  as  to  the  amount  of  such  reduction, 
they  shall  be  settled  in  the  manner  pointed  out  in  the  preceding 
clause. 

5.  All  goods  intended  to  be  exported  shall  be  entered  at  the 
Corean  Custom  House  before  they  are  shipped.     The  application  to 
ship  shall  be  made  in  writing,  and  shall  state  the  name  of  the  vessel 
by  which  the  goods  are  to  be  exported,  the  marks  and  number  of  the 
packages,  and  the  quantity,  description,  and  value  of  the  contents. 
The  exporter  shall  certify  in  writing  that  the  application  gives  a  true 
account  of  all  the  goods  contained  therein,  and  shall  sign  his  name 
thereto. 

6.  No  goods  shall  be  landed  or  shipped  at  other  places  than 
those  fixed  by  the  Corean  Customs  authorities,  or  between  the  hours  of 
sunset  and  sunrise,  or  on  Sundays  or  holidays,  without  the  special 
permission    of   the    Customs   authorities,   who   will   be  entitled   to 
reasonable  fees  for  the  extra  duty  thus  performed. 

7.  Claims  by  importers  or  exporters  for  duties  paid  in  excess, 
or  by  the  Customs  authorities  for  duties  which  have  not  been,  fully 
paid,  shall  be  entertained  only  when  made  within  thirty  days  from  the 
date  of  payment. 

8.  No  entry  will  be  required  in  the  case  of  provisions  for  the 
use  of  German  ships,  their  crews  and  passengers,  nor  for  the  baggage 
of  the  latter,  which  may  be  landed  or  shipped  at  any  time  after 
examination  by  the  Customs  officers. 

9.  Vessels  needing  repairs  may  land  their  cargo  for  that  pur- 


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pose  without  the  payment  of  duty.  All  goods  so  landed  shall  remain 
in  charge  of  the  Corean  authorities,  and  all  just  charges  for  storage, 
labour,  and  supervision  shall  be  paid  by  the  master.  But  if  any 
portion  of  such  cargo  be  sold,  the  duties  of  the  Tariff  shall  be  paid  on 
the  portion  so  disposed  of. 

10.      Any  person  desiring  to  tranship  cargo  shall  obtain  a  permit 
from  the  Customs  authorities  before  doing  so. 

III. — Protection  of  the  Revenue. 

1.  The    Customs    authorities    shall   have   the    right    to    place 
Customs  officers  on  board  any  German  merchant  vessel  in  their  ports. 
All  such  Customs  officers  shall  have  access  to  all  parts  of  the  ship  in 
which  cargo  is  stowed. 

They  shall.be  treated  with  civility,  and  such  reasonable  accom- 
modation shall  be  allotted  to  them  as  the  ship  affords. 

2.  The  hatches  and  all  other  places  of  entrance  into  that  part  of 
the  ship  where  cargo  is  stowed  may  be  Secured  by  the  Corean  Customs 
officers  between  the  hours  of  sunset  and  sunrise,  and  on  Sundays  and 
holidays,  by  affixing  seals,  locks,  or  other  fastenings;  and  if  any 
person  shall,  without  due  permission,  wilfully  open  any  entrance  that 
has  been  so  secured,  or  break  any  seal,  lock,  or  other  fastening  that  has 
been  affixed  by  the  Corean  Customs  officers,  not  only  the  person  so 
offending,  but  the  master  of  the  ship  also,  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty 
not  exceeding  one  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 

3.  Any  German  subject  who  ships  or  attempts  to  ship,   or 
discharges  or  attempts  to  discharge,  goods  which  have  not  been  duly 
entered  at  the  Custom  House  in  the  manner  above   provided,   or 
packages   containing  goods   different   from  those   described    in   the 
import  or  export  permit  application,  or  prohibited  goods,  shall  forfeit 
twice  the  value  of  such  goods,  and  the  goods  themselves  shall  be 
confiscated* 

4.  Any  person  signing  a  false  declaration  or  certificate  with  the 
intent  to  defraud  the  revenue  of  Corea  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine  not 
exceeding  two  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 

5.  Any  violation  of  any  provision  of  these  Regulations  to  which 
no  penalty  is  specially  attached  herein  may  be  punished  by  a  fine  not 
exceeding  one  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 


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Note. — All  documents  required  by  these  Regulations,  and 
all  other  communications  addressed  to  the  Corean  Customs 
authorities,  may  be  written  in  the  English  language. 

[L.  s.]      (Signed)   ED.  ZAPPE. 

[L.  s.]      (Signature  of  MIN  YONG-MOK.) 


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TARIFF. 


I.— EINFUHR. 

Werth7x>ll 

in 
Prozenten. 

Ackerbaugerathschaf ten zollf  rei 

Alaun 5 

Anker  und  Ketten 5 

Arzneistoffe  aller  Art,  soweit  nicht  besonders  genannt     ....  5 

Bambus,  gespalten  cider  ungespalten     5 

Bauholz  und  anderes  Holz,  weiches 7£ 

desgl.,  hartes   10 

Baumwolle,  rohe     5 

Baumwollwaaren  aller  Art     7£ 

Baumwollen  und  wollen  gemischte  Gewebe  aller  Art 7£ 

desgl.  und  seiden  gemischte  Gewebe  aller  Art 7£ 

Bernstein     20 

Bett-  und  Reisedecken  (Blankets  and  Rugs)    7J 

Bier,  Porter  und  Cider 10 

Bilder,    Stiche,    Photographien   aller   Art,    mit    oder   ohne 

Rahmen 10 

Blumen,  kiinstliche     20 

Brillen 7-J- 

Biicher,  Atlanten,  Karten zollfrei 

Carmin    10 

Cement    7^- 

Chemikalien  aller  Art 7-J- 

Cochenille    20 

Cocons 7-J- 

Confect  und  Zuckerwaaren .     10 

Droguen  aller  Art 5 

Edelsteine  mit  oder  ohne  Fassung     20 

Elfenbein,  roh  oder  bearbeitet 20 

Emaillewaaren    20 

Explosivstoffe,  zum  Bergbau  gebraucht  etc.,  mit  besonderer 

Erlaubniss  eingefuhrt     -. .  .  10 

Facher  aller  Art 7-J- 


123 


Werthzoll 

in 
Prozenten. 


Fiirbstoffe,  Oel  und  andere  Farben  und  Materialien  zum 

Mischen  derselben 7£ 

Federn  (Feathers)  aller  Art 7£ 

Fernrohre  und  binokulare  Glaser 10 

Feuerspritzen zollfrei 

Feuersteine 5 

Feuerwerkskb'rper 20 

Filz . . . . . . . 7£ 

Firniss 7£ 

Fische,  frische    f .  .  5 

desgl.,  getrocknete  und  gesalzene 7-J- 

Flachs,  Hanf,  Jute     5 

Fleisch  aller  Art,  frisches .' 5 

desgl.,  getrocknetes  und  gesalzenes    7-J- 

Folien  von  Gold  und  Silber   .  .  . 10 

desgl.  von  Zinn  und  Kupfer,  sowie  sonstige  Arten 7-J- 

Friichte  aller  Art,  frische 5 

desgl.  getrocknete,  eingesalzene  oder  eingemachte 7£ 

Garn  aller  Art,  aus  Baumwolle,  Hanf,  Wolle  etc 5 

Geiniise,  frisches,  gesalzenes  und  getrocknetes 5 

Getranke,  wie  Limonade,  Ingwer  Bier,  Soda-  und  Mineral- 

wasser 7£ 

Gewiirze  aller  Art  . 20 

Ginseng,  rot  her,  weisser,  roher  und  abgekochter , .  20 

Glas,  Fensterglas,  gewohnliches  und  gef arbtes,  alle  Sorten . .  7£ 
desgl.,   Spiegelglas,    belegt   oder   unbelegt,    mit   oder   ohne 

Rahmen 10 

Glaswaaren  aller  Art .10 

Gold  und  Silber,  gereinigtes zollfrei 

Gold-  und  Silbermiinzen     zollfrei 

Gold-  und  Silbergeschirr 20 

Grastuch,  sowie  alle  Gewebe  aus  Hanf,  Jute  etc 7-^ 

Guano  und  Diinger  aller  Art     . 5 

Gummigutti 7£ 

Haar  aller  Art,  mit  Ausnahme  von  Menschenhaar 7^ 

desgl.,  Menschenhaar 10 

Haarschmuck,  goldener  und  silberner 20 


124 


Werthzoll 

in 
Prozenten. 


Harz    7J- 

Haute  und  Felle,  roll  und  ungegerbt     5 

desgl.,  gegerbt  und  zugericktet 7£ 

Holzkohlen . . 7£ 

Holzer,  wohlriechende  aller  Art    _•  •  •  •  20 

Holzol  (T'ung-yu)     5 

Homer  und  Hufe  aller  Art,  soweit  nicht  besonders  genannt         5 

Hiilsenfriichte  aller  Art,  wie  Bohnen,  Erbsen  etc 5 

Incense  sticks  (Opferstabchen)     ^  20 

Irdene  Waaren   .  . . 7^ 

Isinglass,  alle  Arten 7-J- 

Kalk 5 

Kampher,  ungereinigter     5 

desgl.,  gereinigter -. 10 

Kandiszucker ,  .  . .  .  10 

Kautschuck,  verarbeitet  oder  nicht   10 

Kerzen    7^ 

Kleider  'imd   Bekleidungsstiicke  aller  Art    (Hiite,   Sclmhe 

und  Stiefel  etc.)      7£ 

desgl.  aller  Art  ganz  von  Seide      10 

Knochen 5 

Knopf e,  Schnallen,  Haken,  Oesen  etc 7^- 

Koffer,  Reise-  und  Handkoffer  (Trunks  and  Portmanteaux)  10 

Korallen,  roll  oder  bearbeitet     20 

Kornerfriichte  und  Getreide  aller  Art 5 

Kunstwerke 20 

Lackwaaren,  gewohnlicbe 10 

desgl.,  bessere 20 

Lampen  aller  Art 7£ 

Laternen  von  Papier 5 

Leder,  alle  gewohnliche  Sorten,  ungefarbtes 7£ 

desgl.,  bessere  Sorten,  gepresstes,  gemustertes  oder  gefarbtes  10 

Lederfabrikate  aller  Art     ,  10 

Leim    ~. 5 

Leinen,   leinen  und  baumwollen,   leinen  und  wollen,   oder 

leinen  und  seiden  gemischte  Gewebe  aller  Art 7£ 

Lettern,  alte  und  neue    zollfrei 


125 


Werthzoll 

in 
Prozenten. 


Mattenbelag  fiir  Fussboden,  chinesischer  und  japanischer, 

von  Cocosbast  (Coir)  etc.,  ge wo  hnliche  Sorten     5 

Matten,  bessere  Sorten,  japanische  Tatarni  etc 7£ 

Mauersteine  und  Dachziegel 5 

Meeresprodukte,  wie  Seegras,  beche  de  mer  etc '       7£ 

Mehl,  grobes  und  feines,  alle  Arten 5 

Metalle  aller  Art  in  Ganzen,  Blocken,  ingots,  Tafeln,  Barren, 
Stiiben,   Flatten,  Blechen,   Reifen,   Streifen,  Band-  und 

Flach-,  T-  und  Winkeleisen,  altes  Eisen  und  Eisenabfalle  5 
Metalle  aller  Art  in  Rb'hren,  gewalzt  oder  verzinkt,  Draht, 
Stahl,  Weissblech,  Nickel,  Platin,  Quecksilber,  Neusilber, 
Messing,  Tuttamgo  oder  Weisskupfer,  ungereinigtes  Gold 

und  Silber 7£ 

Metallwaaren  aller  Art,  wie  Niigel,  Schrauben,  Werkzeuge, 

Maschinen,  Eisenbahnmaterial  etc 7^- 

Modelle  von  Erfindungen zollfrei 

Mobel  aller  Art  ...  .  ; 10 

Moschus 20 

Mosquitonetze,  nicht  von  Seide 7^- 

desgl.,  von  Seide     10 

Musikalische  Instrumente  aller  Art 10 

Muster  von  massigem  Uinfang zollfrei 

Nah-  und  Stecknadeln    7-J- 

Nephritwaaren 20 

Nudeln,  Faden-  (Vermicelli)    7-J 

Oelkuchen    5 

Oel-  oder  Wachstuch  aller  Art  zum  Belag  fiir  Fussboden   . .  7J 

Oel,  vegetabilisches  aller  Art .  . . 7-J 

Packmaterialien,  wie  Sacke,  Matten,  Stricke,  und  Blei  fiir 

Theekisten    -w zollfrei 

Papier,  gewohnliche  Sorten    5 

desgl.  alle  Arten,  nicht  anderweitig  aufgefiihrt    7J 

desgl.,  buntes,  Luxuspapier,  sowie  Tapeten 10 

Parf limerien    .  - 20 

Pech  und  Theer 5 

Pekwerk,  besseres,  wie  Zobel,  Seeotter,  Seelowe,  Biber  etc.  20 

Perlen .  20 


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Werthzoll 

in 
Prozenten. 


Petroleum  und  andere  mineralische  Oele 5 

Pfeffer  in  Kornern     5 

Pflanzen,  Baume  und  Straucher  aller  Art    zollfrei 

Photographische  Apparate 10 

Planken,  von  weichem  Holz 7^ 

desgl.,  von  hartem  Holz 10 

Plattirte  Waaren  aller  Art     10 

Porzellan,  gewohnliche  Sorten 7-j 

desgl.,  bessere  Sorten 10 

Regenschirme  von  Papier 5 

desgl.,  baumwollene    7^- 

desgl.,  seidene 10 

Regenschirnigestelle    7^ 

Reisegepack     zollfrei 

Rhinoceroshorner    20 

Rinde  aller  Art  fur  die  Lohgerberei 5 

Rotang  (ostindisches  Stuhlrohr),  gespalten  oder  ungespalten  5 

Salz 71 

Samereien  aller  Art 5 

Sammet,  Seiden- 20 

Sapanholz    .  . ,  . . 7| 

Sattlerwaaren  und  Pferdegeschirr 10 

Schildpatt,  roh  oder  bearbeitet 20 

Schmucksachen,  echte  oder  unechte 20 

Schreibmaterialien  aller  Art,  leere  Biicher  etc. 7£ 

Schwefel 7£ 

Segeltuch     . 7£ 

Seide,  rohe,  gehaspelte,  gezwirnte,  Floretseide  und  Abf all .  .  7£ 

desgl.,  Filet-  und  Floret-,  in  Strahnen 10 

Seidenfabrikate,  soweit  nicht  besonders  genannt 7£ 

desgl.,  wie  Gaze,  Krepp,  japanische  Amber  Lustrings,  Atlas, 
Atlasdamast,    bunter   Damast,    japanische    weisse    Seide 

(Habutai)    , . 10 

Seife,  gewohnliche  Sorten 5 

desgl.,  bessere  Sorten , 10 

Seilerwaaren  und  Tauwerk  aller  Art  und  von  alien  Dimen- 

sionen  . 7 


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Werthzoll 

in 
Prozonten. 


Soya,  chinesisch  oder  japanisch     5 

Spieluhren 10 

Spirituosen  in  irdenen  Gefassen    7£ 

desgl.  und  Liqueure  aller  Art  in  Fassern  oder  Flaschen      . .  20 

Steine  und  Schief er,  behauen  und  zugerichtet 7£ 

Steinkohle  und  Ooaks     5 

Stempel,  Material  zu  denselben 10 

Stickereien  in  Gold,  Silber  und  Seide *. 20 

Streichholzer 5 

Taback  in  alien  Sorten  und  Formen 20 

Talg 7£ 

Taschenuhren,  von  gewohnlichem  Metall,  Nickel  oder  Silber, 

und  Theile  davon    10 

Taschenuhren,  goldene  oder  vergoldete,  und  Theile  davon  .  .  20 

Teppiche,  von  Jute,  Hanf,  Filz  oder  Patent  Tapestry     ....  7J 
desgl.,  bessere   Sorten,    wie   Briisseler   Kidderminster   und 

andere  nicht  aufgezahlte  Arten 10 

desgl.,  von  Sammet. 20 

Thee 7£ 

Tischvorrathe  (Table  Stores)  aller  Art  und  Konserven  ....  7^ 

Vogelnester 20 

Waagen  und  Waagschalen 5 

Wachs,  Bienenwachs  oder  vegetabilisches 7J 

Wachstuch   7-J- 

Waffen,  Munition,  Feuerwaffen,  Jagd-  oder  Seitengewehre, 

mit  besonderer  Erlaubniss  der  koreanischen   Regierung 

zur  Jagd  oder  Selbstvertheidigung  eingef iihrt 20 

Wagen  (Fuhrwerke  aller  Art) 20 

Wand-,  Stutz-  und  Thurmuhren,  sowie  Theile  derselben     . .  10 

Weine  aller  Art  in  Fassern  oder  Flaschen    10 

Wissenschaffcliche    Instrumente,    mathematische,    physikali- 

sche,  chirurgische  und  meteorologische  nebst  Zubehor ....  zollf rei 

Wolle,  Schaf-,  robe 5 

Wollen-  und  seidengemischte  Gewebe  aller  Art    7-J- 

Wollf abrikate  aller  Art 7£ 

Zahnpulver 10 

Zimmerdecken  (Floor  Rugs)  aller  Art 7J 


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Werthzoll 

in 
Prozenten. 


Zinnober,  rother 10 

Zucker,  brauner  und  weisser,  alle  Arten,  Syrup  und  Melasse  7-J- 

Zwirn  ode*  gezwirntes  Garn  aller  Art,  nicht  aus  Seide   ....  5 

Alle  nicht  besonders  genannten  Rohartikel 5 

Alle  nicht  besonders  genannten  Halbfabrikate     7-J- 

Alle  nicht  besonders  genannten  Ganzfabrikate     10 


Beim  Verkauf  freinder  Schiffe  in  Korea  ist  ein  Zoll  von  25 
mexikanisehcn  Dollar-Cents  pro  Tonne  von  Segelschiffen  und  von  50 
mexikanischen  Dollar-Cents  pro  Tonne  von  Dampfschiffen  zu  en- 
trichten. 

Artikel,  dcren  Einfuhr  verboien  ist: 

Opium,  ausgenommen  fiir  medizinische  Zwecke. 

Uneclite  Miinzen  aller  Art. 

Verfalschte  Droguen  und  Arzneiwaaren. 

Waffen,  Munition  und  Kriegsmaterial,  wie  schweres  oder  leichtes 

Geschiitz,  Kugeln  und  Hohlgeschosse,  Feuerwaffen  aller  Art, 
Kartusclien  und  Patronen,  Seitengewehre,  S}x?ere  und  Lanzen, 
Salpeter,  Schiesspulver,  Schiessbauinwolle,  Dynamit  und  andere 
Explosionsstoffe. 

Die  koreanischen  Behorden  werclen  besondere  Erlaubniss  fiir 
die  Einfuhr  von  Waffen,  Feuerwaffen  und  Munition  zu  Zwecken 
der  Jagd  oder  der  Selbstvertheidigung  ertheilen,  nachdem  ilmen 
zufriedenstellender  Beweis  geliefert  worden  ist,  dass  mit  dem 
betreffenden  Nachsuchen  keine  Umgehung  des  Einfuhrverbots 
beabsichtigt  wird. 

II.-AUSFHUE. 

1. — Zollfreie  Artikel. 

Barren,  Gold-  und  Silber-,  gereinigt. 

Miinzen,  Gold-  und  Silber-  aller  Art. 

Pflanzen,  Baume  und  Straucher  aller  Art. 

Reisegepack. 

Waarenmuster  in  massigem  Umfang. 


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2. — Allc  vorstehend  nicht  genannten  Artikel  unterliegen  einem 
Werthzoll  von  fiinf  Prozent. 

3. — Die  Ausfuhr  von  rothem  Ginseng  ist  verboten. 


BEMERKUNGEN  ZUM  TARIF. 

1.  Bei  Berechming  des  Werthes  der  Einfnhrartikel  wircl  der 
Kostenpreis  derselben  am  Produktionsorte,  zusatzlich  der  Anslagen 
fiir  Fracht,  Versichening  etc.  zu  Grunde  gelegt. 

Fiir  die  Ausfnhrartikel  ist  der  koreanische  Marktpreis  massge- 
bend. 

2.  Die    Zahlung    der    Zolle    kann    sowohl    in    mexikanischen 
Dollars  als  in  japanischen  Silber-Yen  erfolgen. 

3.  Die    Werthzolle    des    vorstehenden    Tarifs    sollen    clurch 
Vereinbarung  zwischen  den  zustandigen  Behorden  beider  Lander, 
insoweit  es  wiinschenswerth  erscheinen  mag,  sobald  als  moglich  in 
feste  Zolle  umgewandelt  werden. 

[L.  s.]      (Gez.)   ED.  ZAPPE. 

[L.  s.]      (Unterschrift  des  MIN  YoNG-MoK.) 


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FIX  AT,  PROTOCOL. 

Bei  dor  am  heutigen  Tage  stattgefundenen  Unterzeichnung  des 
Freundschafts-,  Handels-  und  Schiffahrtsvertrages  zwischen  dem 
Deutschen  Reich  und  dem  Konigreich  Korea  haben  die  beiderseitigen 
BovollmaehtigtOn  folgende  Erklarungen  und  Verabreduiigen  in"  das 
gegenwartige  l)rotokoll  niedergelegt. 

Zu  Artikel  III  des  Vertrages. 

Dem  Rechte  der  exterritorialen  Jurisdiktion  liber  deutsche 
Reichsangehorige  wird  von  der  Kaiserlich  deutschen  Regierung 
entsagt  werden,  sobald  nach  ihrer  Auffassung  •  das  Gerichtsverfahren 
und  die  Gesetze  des  Konigreichs  Korea  so  weit  geandert  und 
verbessert  worden  sind,  um  die  gegemvartig  bestehenden  Bedenken 
gegen  eine  Unterstellung  deutscher  Reichsangehoriger  unter  die 
koreanische  Gerichtsbarkeit  zu  beseitigen,  und  die  koreanischen 
Richter  eine  gleichartige  ricbterliche  Befabigung  und  eine  ahnliche 
unabbiingige  Stellung  wie  der  deutsche  Richterstand  erreicht  haben 
werden. 

Zu  Artikel  IV  des  Vertrages. 

Das  Recht,  in  der  Hauptstadt  Hanyang  zu  wohnen  und 
Ilandelshauser  zu  etabliren,  welches  im  verflossenen  Jahre  chinesis- 
chen  Unterthanen  Ix^willigt  worden  ist,  soil  deutschen  Reichsan- 
gehorigen  nur  so  lange  zustehen,  als  dasselbe  von  der  Kaiserlich 
chinesischen  Regiemng  fiir  chinesische  Unterthanen  in  Anspruch 
genommen  wird.  Die  Kaiserlich  deutsche  Regiemng  wird  diesem 
Rechte  entsageii,  sobald  die  Kaiserlich  chinesische  Regiemng 
demselben  entsagt,  und  fur  so  lange,  als  dasselbe  weder  chinesischen 
noch  den  Angehorigen  eines  anderen  Staates  von  der  Koniglich 
koreanischen  Regierung  eingeraumt  wird. 

Zu  Artikel  XIII  des  Vertrages. 

Die  Bevollmachtigten  sind  iibereingekommen,  dass  das  gegen- 
wartige  Protokoll  zugleich  mit  dem  Vertrage  den  Holieri  vertrag- 


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schliessoiulcn  Theilou  vorgelogt  wcrtlen  soil,  und  class  im  Falle  der 
Ratifikation  des  letzteren  auch  die  in  ersterem  enthaltenen 
Erkliirnngen  imd  Verabredungen  ohne  weitere  formliche  Ratifikation 
derselben  als  genehmigt  angesehen  werden  sollen. 

Es  wnrde  hierauf  das  gogenwartige  Protokoll  in  der  deutscben, 
engliscbeii  und  chinesischen  Sprache  in  je  dreifacher  Ausfertignng 
vollzogen. 

HANYANG,  den  26.  November  1883. 

[L.  s.]      (Gez.)   ED.  ZAPPE. 

[L.  s.]      (Unterschrift  des  Mix  Yoxo-Mox.) 


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GREAT  BRITAIN. 


TREATY  OF  FRIENDSHIP  AND  COMMERCE, 
NOVEMBER  26,  1883*. 

Her  Majesty  the  Queen  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland,  Empress  of  India,  and  His  Majesty  the  King  of 
Corea,  being  sincerely  desirous 'of  establishing  permanent  relations 
of  friendship  and  commerce  between  their  respective  dominions, 
have  resolved  to  conclude  a  Treaty  for  that  purpose,  and  have 
therefore  named  as  their  Plenipotentiaries,  that  is  to  say : 

Her  Majesty  the  Queen  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great 
Britain  and  Ireland,  Empress  of  India,  Sir  HARRY  SMITH  PARKES, 
Knight  Grand  Cross  of  the  Most  Distinguished  Order  of  St. 
Michael  and  St.  George,  Knight  Commander  of  the  Most  Honourable 
Order  of  the  Bath,  Her  Majesty's  Envoy  Extraordinary  and 
Minister  Plenipotentiary  to  His  Majesty  the  Emperor  of  China ; 

His  Majesty  the  King  of  Corea,  MIN  YONG-MOK,  President  - 
of  His  Majesty's  Foreign  Office,  a  Dignitary  of  the  First  Rank, 
Senior  Vice-President  of  the  Council  of  State,  Member  of  His 
Majesty's  Privy  Council,  and  Junior  Guardian  of  the  Crown 
Prince ; 

Who,  after  having  communicated  to  each  other  their  respective 
full  powers,  found  in  good  and  due  form,  have  agreed  upon  and 
concluded  the  following  Articles : 


ARTICLE  I. 

1.  There  shall  be  perpetual  peace  and  friendship  between  Her 
Majesty  the  Queen  of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and 
Ireland,  Empress  of  India,  her  heirs  and  successors,  and  His  Majesty 
the  King  of  Corea,  his  heirs  and  successors,  and  between  their 
respective  dominions  and  subjects,  who  shall  enjoy  full  security  and 


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protection  for  their  persons  and  property  within  the  dominions  of 
the  other. 

2.  In  case  of  differences  arising  between  one  of  the  High 
Contracting  Parties  and  a  third  Power,  the  other  High  Contracting 
Party,  if  requested  to  do  so,  shall  exert  its  good  offices  to  bring  about 
an  amicable  arrangement. 

ARTICLE  II. 

1.  The  High  Contracting  Parties  may  each  appoint  a  Diplo- 
matic Representative  to  reside  permanently  or  temporarily  at  the 
capital  of  the  other,  and  may  appoint  a  Consul-General,  Consuls, 
or  Vice-Consuls,  to  reside  at  any  or  all  of  the  ports  or  places  of  the 
other   which   are    open    to    foreign    commerce.       The    Diplomatic 
Representatives  and  Consular  functionaries  of  both  countries  shall 
freely  enjoy  the  same  facilities  for  communication,  personally  or  in 
writing,  with  the  authorities  of  the  country  where  they  respectively 
reside,  together   with  all  other  privileges  and  immunities,  as  are 
enjoyed  by  Diplomatic  or  Consular  functionaries  in  other  countries. 

2.  The   Diplomatic   Representative   and    the   Consular   func- 
tionaries of  each  Power,  and  the  members  of  their  official  establish- 
ments,   shall   have  the   right  to  travel  freely  in  any  part  of  the 
dominions  of  the  other;  and  the  Corean  authorities  shall  furnish 
passports   to   such   British   officers   travelling  in  Corea,    and   shall 

•  provide  such   escort  for  their  protection  as  may  be  necessary. 

3.  The  Consular  officers  of  both  countries  shall  exercise  their 
functions  on  receipt  of  due  authorization  from  the  Sovereign  or 
Government  of  the  country  in  which  they  respectively  reside,  and 
shall  not  be  permitted  to  engage  in  trade. 

AKTICLE  III. 

1.  Jurisdiction   over   the    persons    and    property    of    British 
subjects  in  Corea  shall  be  vested  exclusively  in  the  duly  authorized 
British  judicial  authorities,  who  shall  hear  and  determine  all  cases 
brought  against  British  subjects  by  any  British  or  other  foreign 
subject  or  citizen,  without  the  intervention  of  the  Corean  authorities. 

2.  If  the  Corean  authorities  or  a  Corean  subject  make   any 


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charge  or  complaint  against  a  British  subject  in    Corea,  the  ease 
shall  be  heard  and  decided  by  the  British  judicial  authorities. 

3.  If  the  British  authorities  or  a  British  subject  make  any 
charge  or  complaint  against  a  Coreari  subject  in  Corea,  the  case 
shall  be  heard  and  decided  by  the  Corean  authorities. 

4.  A  British  subject  who  commits  any  offence  in  Corea  shall 
be  tried  and  punished  by  the  British  judicial  authorities  according 
to  the  laws  of  Great  Britain. 

5.  A    Corean    subject    who    commits    in    Corea    any    offence 
against  a  British  subject  shall  be  tried  and  punished  by  the  Corean 
authorities  according  to  the  laws  of  Corea. 

6.  Any    complaint    against    a    British    subject    involving    a 
penalty  or  confiscation  by  reason  of  any  breach  either  of  this  Treaty 
or  of  any  regulation  annexed  thereto,  or  of  any  regulation  that 
may  hereafter  be  made  in  virtue  of  its  provisions,  shall  be  brought 
before  the  British  judicial  authorities  for  decision,  and  any  penalty 
imposed,  and  all  property  confiscated  in  such  cases,  shall  belong  to 
the  Corean  Government. 

7.  British  goods,   when  seized  by  the   Corean   authorities   at 
an   open   port,   shall   be   put    under   the    seals   of  the  Corean  and 
the   British  Consular    authorities,,  and   shall    be    detained    by   the 
former  until  the  British  judicial  authorities  shall  have  given  their 
decision.     If  this  decision  is  in  favour  of  the  owner  of  the  goods, 
they  shall  be  immediately  placed  at  the  Consul's  disposal.     But  the 
owner  shall  be  allowed  to  receive  them  at  once  on  depositing  their 
value   with   the    Corean   authorities   pending  the    decision    of    the 
British  judicial  authorities. 

8.  In   all   cases,    whether   civil   or   criminal,   tried  either   in 
Corean  or  British  Courts  in  Corea,  a  properly  authorized  official  of 
the  nationality  of  the  plaintiff  or  prosecutor  shall  be  allowed  to  attend 
the  hearing,  and  shall  be  treated  with  the  courtesy  due  to  his  position. 
He  shall  be  allowed,  whenever  he  thinks  it  necessary,  to  call,  examine, 
and  cross-examine  witnesses,  and  to  protest  against  the  proceedings 
or  decision. 

9.  If  a  Corean  subject  who  is  charged  with  an  offence  against 
the  laws  of  his  country  takes  refuge  on  premises  occupied  by  a  British 
subject,  or  on  board  a  British  merchant-vessel,  the  British  Consular 
authorities,  on  receiving  an  application  from  the  Corean  authorities, 


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shall  take  steps  to  have  such  person  arrested  and  handed  over  to  the 
latter  for  trial.  But,  without  the  consent  of  the  proper  British 
Consular  authority,  no  Corean  officer  shall  enter  the  premises  of  any 
British  subject  without  his  consent,  or  go  on  board  any  British  ship 
without  the  consent  of  the  officer  in  charge. 

10.  On  the  demand  of  any  competent  British  Consular 
authority,  the  Corean  authorities  shall  arrest  and  deliver  to  the 
former  any  British  subject  charged  with  a  criminal  offence,  and  any 
deserter  from  a  British  ship  of  war  or  merchant-vessel. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

1.  The   ports   of   Chemulpo   (Jenchuan),    Wonsan    (Gensan) 
and  Pusan  (Fusan),  or,  if  the  latter  port  should  not  be  approved, 
then   such   other   port   as   may   be    selected   in  its  neighbourhood, 
together  with  the  city  of  Hanyang  and  the  town  of  Yanghwachin,  or 
such  other  place  in  that  neighbourhood,  as  may  be  deemed  desirable, 
shall,  from  the  day  on  which  this  Treaty  com,es  into  operation,  be 
opened  to  British  commerce. 

2.  At  the  above-named  places  British  subjects  shall  have  the 
right  to  rent  or  to  purchase  land  or  houses,  and  to  erect  dwellings, 
warehouses,  and  factories.      They  shall  be  allowed  the  free  exercise 
of  their  religion.     All  arrangements  for  the  selection,  determination 
of  the  limits,  and  laying  out  of  the  sites  of  the  foreign  Settlements, 
and  for  the  sale  of  land  at  the  various  ports  and  places  in  Corea 
open  to  foreign  trade,  shall  be  made  by  the  Corean  authorities  in 
conjunction  with  the  competent  Foreign  authorities. 

3.  These    sites    shall    be    purchased    from    the    owners    and 
prepared  for  occupation  by  the  Corean  Government,  and  the  expense 
thus  incurred  shall  be  a  first  charge  on  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the 
land.     The  yearly  rental  agreed  upon  by  the  Corean   authorities 
in  conjunction  with  the   foreign   authorities   shall  be  paid  to  the 
former,     who    shall    retain    a    fixed    amount^  thereof    as    a    fair 
equivalent  for  the  land  tax,  and  the  remainder,  together  with  any 
balance   left   from   the    proceeds   of  land  sales,   shall   belong  to  a 
municipal  fund  to  be  administered  by  a  Council,  the  constitution  of 
which  shall  be  determined  hereafter  by  the  Corean  authorities  in 
conjunction  with  the  competent  foreign  authorities. 


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4.  British  subjects  may  rent  or  purchase  land  or  houses  beyond 
the  limits  of  the  foreign  Settlements,  and  within  a  distance  of  ten 
Corean  li  from  the  same.      But  all  land  so  occupied  shall  be  subject 
to  such  conditions  as  to  the  observance  of  Corean  local  Regulations 
and  payment  of   land  tax  as  the  Corean   authorities   may   see   fit 
to  impose. 

5.  The  Corean  authorities  will  set  apart,  free  of  cost,  at  each 
of  the  places  open  to  trade,  a  suitable  piece  of  ground  as  a  foreign 
cemetery,  upon  which  no  rent,  land  tax,  or  other  charges  shall  be 
payable,  and  the  mangement  of  which  shall  be  left  to  the  Municipal 
Council  above  mentioned. 

6.  British  subjects  shall  be  allowed  to  go  where  they  please 
without  passports  within  a  distance  of  one  hundred  Corean  li  from 
any  of  the  ports  and  places  open  to  trade,  or  within  such  limits 
as  may  be  agreed  upon  between  the  competent  authorities  of  both 
countries.      British  subjects  are  also  authorized  to  travel  in  Corea 
for  pleasure  or  for  purposes  of  trade,  to  transport  and  sell  goods 
of  all  kinds,  except  books  and  other  printed  matter  disapproved  of 
by  the  Corean,  Government,   and   to    purchase   native    produce   in 
all    parts  of  the   country   under   passports,  which   will   be   issued 
by  their  Consuls  and  countersigned  or  sealed  by  the  Corean  local 
authorities.      These   passports,    if    demanded,    must    be    produced 
for  examination  in  the  districts  passed  through.      If  the  passport  be 
not  irregular,  the  bearer  will  be  allowed  to  proceed,  and  he  shall  be 
at  liberty  to  procure  such  means  of  transport  as  he  may  require. 
.Any   British   subject   travelling    beyond   the    limits    above   named 
without    a    passport,    or    committing    when    in   the    interior    any 
offence,    shall  be  arrested  and  handed  over  to  the  nearest  British 
Consul   for   punishment.      Travelling  without   a   passport   beyond 
the  said  limits  will  render  the  offender  liable  to  a  fine  not  exceeding 
one  hundred  Mexican  dollars,  with  or  without  imprisonment  for  a 
term  not  exceeding  one  month. 

7.  British    subjects    in    Corea    shall  'be    amenable    to    such 
municipal,   police,  and  other  regulations  for  the   maintenance    of 
peace,  order,  and  good  government  as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  the 
competent  authorities  of  the  two  countries. 


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ARTICLE  V. 

1.  At  each  of  the  ports  or  places  open  to  foreign  trade,  British 
subjects  shall  be  at  full  liberty  to  import  from  any  foreign  port,  or 
from  any  Corean  open  port,  to  sell  to  or  to  buy  from  any  Corean 
subjects  or  others,  and  to  export  to  any  foreign  or  Corean  open  port, 
all  kinds  of  merchandize  not  prohibited  by  this  Treaty,  on  paying 
the  duties  of  the  Tariff  annexed  thereto.     They  may  freely  transact 
their  business  with  Corean  subjects  or  others  without  the  intervention 
of  Corean  officials  or  other  persons,  and  they  may  freely  engage  in 
any  industrial  occupation. 

2.  The  owners  or  consignees  of  all  goods  imported  from  any 
foreign  port  upon  which  the  duty  of  the  aforesaid  Tariff  shall  have 
been  paid  shall  be  entitled,  on  re-exporting  the  same  to  any  foreign 
port  at  any  time  within  thirteen  Corean  months  from  the  date  of 
importation,  to  receive  a  drawback  certificate  for  the  amount  of  such 
import  duty,  provided  that  the  original  packages  containing  such  goods 
remain  intact.     These  drawback  certificates  shall  either  be  redeemed 
by  the   Corean  Customs  on  demand,   or  they  shall-  be  recived  in 
payment  of  duty  at  any  Corean  open  port. 

3.  The  duty  paid  on  Corean  goods,  when  carried  from  one 
Corean   open    port   to   another,    shall   be  refunded  at  the  port   of 
shipment  on  production  of  a  Customs  certificate  showing  that  the 
goods  have  arrived  at  the  port  of  destination,  or  on  satisfactory 
proof  being  produced  of  the  loss  of  the  goods  by  shipwreck. 

4.  All  goods  imported  into  Corea  by  British  subjects,  and  on 
which  the  duty  of  the  Tariff  annexed  to  this  Treaty  shall  have  been 
paid,  may  be  conveyed  to  any  Corean  open  port  free  of  duty,  and, 
when   transported   into   the   interior,    shall  not  be  subject  to  any 
additional  tax,  excise  or  transit  duty  whatsoever  in  any  part  of  the 
country.     In  like  manner,   full  freedom  shall  be  allowed  for  the 
transport  to  the  open  ports  of  all  Corean  commodities  intended  for 
exportation,  and  such  commodities  shall  not,  either  at  the  place  of 
production,  or  when  being  conveyed  from  any  part  of  Corea  to  any 
of  the  open  ports,  be  subject  to  the  payment  of  any  tax,  excise  or 
transit  duty  whatsoever. 

5.  The    Corean   Government  may  charter  British  merchant- 
vessels  for  the  conveyance  of  goods  or  passengers  to  unopened  ports 


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in  Corea,  and  Corean  subjects  shall  have  the  same  right,  subject  to 
the  approval  of  their  own  authorities. 

6.  Whenever  the  Goverment  of  Corea   shall  have  reason   to 
apprehend  a  scarcity  of  food  within  the  kingdom,  His  Majesty  the 
King  of  Corea  may,  by  Decree,  temporarily  prohibit  the  export  of 
grain  to  foreign  countries  from  any  or  all  of  the  Corean  open  ports, 
and  such  prohibition  shall  become  binding  on  British  subjects  in 
Corea  on  the  expiration  of  one  month  from  the  date  on  which  it 
shall  have  been  officially  communicated  by  the  Corean  authorities  to 
the  British  Consul  at  the  port  concerned,  but  shall  not  remain  longer 
in  force  than  is  absolutely  necessary. 

7.  All  British  ships  shall  pay  tonnage   dues   at  the  rate  of 
thirty  cents   (Mexican)   per  register  ton.     One  such  payment  will 
entitle  a  vessel  to  visit  any  or  all  of  the  open  ports  in  Corea  during 
a  period  of  four  months  without  further  charge.     All  tonnage  dues 
shall  be  appropriated  for  the  purposes  of  erecting  lighthouses  and 
beacons,  and  placing  buoys  on  the  Corean  coast,  more  especially  at  the 
approaches    to    the    open    ports,    and    in    deepening    or    otherwise 
improving  the   anchorages.     £To  tonnage  dues  shall  be  charged  on 
boats  employed  at  the  open  ports  in  landing  or  shipping  cargo. 

8.  In  order  to  carry  into  effect  and  secure  the  observance  of 
the  provisions  of  this  Treaty,  it  is  hereby  agreed  that  the  Tariff 
and   Trade   Regulations  hereto  annexed   shall   come   into  operation 
simultaneously  with  this  Treaty.     The  competent  authorities  of  the 
two  countries  may,  from  time  to  time,  revise  the  said  Regulations 
with  a  view  to  the  insertion  therein,   by  mutual  consent,  of  such 
modifications  or  additions  as  experience  shall  prove  to  be  expedient. 


ARTICLE  VI. 

Any  British  subject  who  smuggles,  or  attempts  to  smuggle, 
goods  into  any  Corean  port  or  place  not  open  to  foreign  trade  shall 
forfeit  twice  the  value  of  such  goods,  and  the  goods  shall  be  con- 
fiscated. The  Corean  local  authorities  may  seize  such  goods,  and 
may  arrest  any  British  subject  concerned  in  such  smuggling  or 
attempt  to  smuggle.  They  shall  immediately  forward  any  person  so 
arrested  to  the  nearest  British  Consul  for  trial  by  the  proper  British 


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judical  authority,  and  may  detain  such  goods  until  the  case  shall 
have  been  finally  adjudicated. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

1.  If  a  British  ship  be  wrecked  or  stranded  on  the  coast  of 
Corea,  the  local  authorities  shall  immediately  take  such  steps  to 
protect  the  ship  and  her  cargo  from  plunder,  and  all  the  persons 
belonging  to   her   from   ill-treatment,-  and   to   render    such    other 
assistance   as   may4  be   required.     They   shall   at   once  inform  the 
nearest   British    Consul   of  the   occurrence,   and  shall  furnish  the 
shipwrecked    persons,    if   necessary,  with  means  of  conveyance  to 
the  nearest  open  port. 

2.  All  expenses  incurred  by  the  Government  of  Corea  for  the 
rescue,  clothing,  maintenance,  and  travelling  of  shipwrecked  British 
subjects,   for  the  recovery  of  the  bodies   of  the  drowned,  for  the 
medical  treatment  of  the  sick  and  injured,  and  for  the  burial  of  the 
dead,  shall  be  repaid  by  the  British  Government  to  that  of  Corea. 

3.  The  British  Government  shall  not  be  responsible  for  the 
repayment  of  the  expenses  incurred  in  the  recovery  or  preservation  of 
a  wrecked  vessel,  or  the  property  belonging  to  her.     All  such  expenses 
shall  be  a  charge  upon  the  property  saved,  and  shall  be  paid  by  the 
parties  interested  therein  upon  receiving  delivery  of  the  same. 

4.  No  charge  shall  be  made  by  the  Government  of  Corea  for 
the  expenses  of  the  Government  officers,  local  functionaries,  or  police 
who  shall  proceed  to  the  wreck,  for  the  travelling  expenses  of  officers 
escorting   the   shipwrecked   men,   nor   for   the   expenses  of  official 
correspondence.     Such    expenses    shall    be    borne    by    the    Corean 
Government. 

5.  Any  British  merchant-ship  compelled  by  stress  of  weather 
or  by  want  of  fuel  or  provisions, to  enter  an  unopened  port  in  Corea 
Shall  be  alfowed  to  execute  repairs,  and  to  obtain  necessary  supplies. 
All  sw?h  expenses  shall  be  defrayed  by  the  master  of  the  vessel. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

1.     The  ships  of  war  of  each  country  shall  be  at  liberty  to  visit 
all  the   ports   of  the  other.     They  shall  enjoy  every  facility  for 


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procuring  supplies  of  all  kinds,  or  for  making  repairs,  and  shall  not 
be  subject  to  trade  or  harbour  regulations,  nor  be  liable  to  the 
payment  of  duties  or  pert  charges  of  any  kind. 

2.  When  British  ships  of  war  visit  unopened  ports  in  Corea, 
the  officers  and  men  may  land,  but  shall  not  proceed  into  the  interior 
unless  they  are  provided  with  passports. 

3.  Supplies  of  all  kinds  for  the  use  of  the  British  navy  may  be 
landed  at  the  open  ports  of  Corea,  and  stored  in  the  custody  of 
a  British  officer,  without  the  payment  of  any  duty.     But  if  any  such 
supplies  are  sold,  the  purchaser  shall  pay  the  proper  duty  to  the 
Corean  authorities. 

4.  The  Corean  Government  will  afford  all  the  facilities  in 
their  power  to  ships  belonging  to  the  British  Government  which  may 
be  engaged  in  making  surveys  in  Corean  waters. 

AKTICLE  IX. 

1.  The  British  authorities  and  British  subjects  in  Corea  shall 
be   allowed   to   employ   Corean   subjects   as  teachers,  interpreters, 
servants,  or  in  any  other  lawfnl  capacity,  without  any  restriction  on 
the  part  of  the  Corean  authorities ;  and,  in  like  manner,  no  restric- 
tions shall  be  placed  upon  the  employment  of  British  subjects  by 
Corean  authorities  and  subjects  in  any  lawful  capacity. 

2.  Subjects   of  either   nationality  who  may   proceed  to  the 
country  of  the  other  to  study  its  language,  literature,  laws,  arts, 
or  industries,   or   for   the  purpose  of  scientific  research,  shall  be 
afforded  every  reasonable  facility  for  doing  so. 

ARTICLE  X. 

It  is  hereby  stipulated  that  the  Government,  public  officers,  and 
subjects  of  Her  Britannic  Majesty  shall,  from  the  day  on  which 
this  Treaty  comes  into  operation,  participate  in  all  privileges, 
immunities,  and  advantages,  especially  in  relation  to  import  or 
export  duties  on  goods  and  manufactures,  which  shall  then  have  been 
granted  or  may  thereafter  be  granted  by  His  Majesty  the  King  of 
Corea  to  the  Government,  public  officers,  or  subjects  of  any  other 
Power. 


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ARTICLE  XL 

Ten  years  from  the  date  on  which  this  Treaty  shall  come  into 
operation,  either  of  the  High  Contracting  Parties  may,  on  giving 
one  year's  previous  notice  to  the  other,  demand  a  revision  of  the 
Treaty  or  of  the  Tarif  annexed  thereto,  with  a  view  to  the  insertion 
therein,  hy  mutual  consent,  of  such  modifications  as  experience  shall 
prove  to  he  desirable. 

ARTICLK  XII.  " 

1.  This    Treaty   is    drawn    up   in   the    English    and    Chinese 
languages,  both  of  which  versions  have  the  same  meaning,  but  it  is 
hereby  agreed  that  any  difference  which  may  arise  as  to  interpreta- 
tion shall  be  determined  by  reference  to  the  English  text. 

2.  For  the  present  all  official  communications  addressed  by  the 
British  authorities  to  those  of  Corea   shall  be   accompanied    by   a 
translation  into  Chinese. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

The  present  Treaty  shall  be  ratified  by  Her  Majesty  the  Queen 
of  the  United  Kingdom  of  Great  Britain  and  Ireland,  Empress  of 
India,  and  by  His  Majesty  the  King  of  Corea,  under  their  hands 
and  seals;  the  ratifications  shall  be  exchanged  at  Hanyang  (Soul)  as 
soon  as  possible,  or  at  latest  within  one  year  from  the  date  of 
signature,  and  the  Treaty,  which  shall  be  published  by  both  Govern- 
ments, shall  come  into  operation  on  the  day  on  which  the  ratifications 
are  exchanged. 

In  witness  whereof  the  respective  Plenipotentiaries  above  named 
have  signed  the  present  Treaty,  and  have  thereto  affixed  their  seals. 

Done  in  triplicate  at  Hanyang,  this  twenty-sixth  day  of 
November,  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-three,  corres- 
ponding to  the  twenty-seventh  day  of  the  tenth  month  of  the  four 
hundred  and  ninety-second  year  of  the  Corean  era,  being  the  ninth 
year  of  the  Chinese  reign  KUANG  Hsu. 

[L.  s.]      (Signed)  HARRY  S.  PARKES. 

[L.  s.]      (Signature  in  Chinese  of  MIN  YONG-MOK.) 


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REGULATIONS  UNDER  WHICH  BRITISH  TRADE 
IS  TO  BE  CONDUCTED  IN  COREA. 

I. — Entrance  and  Clearance  of  Vessels. 

1.  Within  forty-eight  hours  (exclusive  of  Sundays  and  holi- 
days)   after   the   arrival  of  a  British  ship  in  a  Corean  port,   the 
master  shall  deliver  to  the  Corean  Customs  authorities  the  receipt 
of  the  British  Consul  showing  that   he   has   deposited  the   ship's 
papers  at  the  British  Consulate,  and  he  shall  then  make  an  entry  of 
his  ship  by  handing  in  a  written  paper  stating  the  name  of  the 
ship,  of  the  port  from  which  she  comes,  of  her  master,  the  number, 
and,   if  required,  the  names  of  her  passengers,  her  tonnage,  and 
the  number  of  her  crew,  which  paper  shall  be  certified  by  the  master 
to  be  a  true  statement,  and  shall  be  signed  by  him.     He  shall,  at  the 
same  time,  deposit  a  written  manifest  of  his  cargo,  setting  forth 
the  marks  and  numbers  of  the  packages  and  their  contents  as  they 
are  described  in  the  bills  of  lading,  with  the  names  of  the  persons  to 
whom   they   are   consigned.      The    master    shall    certify   that   this 
description  is  correct,  and  shall  sign  his  name  to  the  same.     When  a 
vessel   has  been  duly  entered,  the  Customs  authorities  will  issue 
a  permit  to  open  hatches,  which  shall  be  exhibited  to  the  Customs 
officer   on   board.      Breaking   bulk   without   having    obtained    such 
permission  will  render  the  master  liable  to  a  fine  not  exceeding  one 
hundred  Mexican  dollars. 

2.  If   any   error   is   discovered   in   the   manifest,    it   may  be 
corrected    within    twenty-four    hours    (exclusive    of    Sundays    and 
holidays)    of  its   being   handed   in,   without   the   payment  of  any 
fee,  but  for  any  alteration  or  post  entry  to  the  manifest  made  after 
that  time  a  fee  of  five  Mexican  dollars  shall  be  paid. 

3.  Any  master  who  shall  neglect  to  enter  his  vessel  at  the 
Corean  Custom-house  within  the  time  fixed  by  this  Regulation  shall 
pay  a  penalty  not  exceeding  fifty  Mexican  dollars  for  every  twenty- 
four  hours  that  he  shall  so  neglect  to  enter  his  ship. 

4.  Any  British  vessel  which  remains  in  port   for  less   than 
forty-eight  hours  (exclusive  of  Sundays  and  holidays)  and  does  not 
open   her   hatches,   also   any   vessel  driven  into   port  by  stress   of 
weather,  or  only  in  want  of  supplies,  shall  not  be  required  to  enter 


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or  to  pay  tonnage  dues  so  long  as  such  vessel  does  not  engage  in 
trade. 

5.  When  the  master  of  a  vessel  wishes  to  clear,  he  shall  hand 
in  to  the  Customs  authorities  an  export  manifest  containing  similar 
particulars  to  those  given  in  the  import  manifest.     The  Customs 
authorities  will  then  issue  a   clearance  certificate  and  return  the 
Consul's  receipt  for  the  ship's  papers.     These  documents  must  be 
handed  into  the  Consulate  before  the  ship's  papers  are  returned  to 
the  master. 

6.  Should  any  ship  leave  the  port  without  clearing  outwards  in 
the  manner  above  prescribed,  the  master  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty 
not  exceeding  two  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 

7.  British  steamers  may  enter  and  clear  on  the  same  day,  and 
they  shall  not  be  required  to  hand  in  a  manifest  except  for  such 
goods  as  are  to  be  landed  or  transhipped  at  the  port  of  entry. 

II. — Landing  and  Shipping  of  Cargo,  and  Payment  of  Duties. 

1.  The  importer  of  any  goods  who  desires  to  land  them  shall 
make  and  sign  an  application  to  that  effect  at  the  custom-house, 
stating  his  own  name,  the  name  of  the  ship  in  which  the  goods  have 
been  imported,  the  marks,  numbers,  and  contents  of  the  packages 
and  their  values,  and  declaring  that  this  statement  is  correct.     The 
Customs  authorities  may  demand  the  production  of  the  invoice  of 
each  consignment  of  merchandize.     If  it  is  not  produced,  or  if  its 
absence  is  not  satisfactorily  accounted  for,  the  owner  shall  be  allowed 
to  land  his  goods  on  payment  of  double  the  Tariff  duty,  but  the 
surplus  duty  so  levied  shall  be  refunded  on  the  production  of  the 
invoice. 

2.  All  goods  so  entered  may   be  examined  by  the   Customs 
officers  at  the  places  appointed  for  the  purpose.     Such  examination 
shall  be  made  without  delay  or  injury  to  the  merchandize,  and  the 
packages  shall  be  at  once  restored  by  the  Customs  authorities  to  their 
original  condition,  in  so  far  as  may  be  practicable. 

3.  Should  the  Customs  authorities  consider  the  value  of  any 
goods  paying  an  ad  valorem  duty  as  declared  by  the  importer  or 
exporter  insufficient,  they  shall  call  upon  him  to  pay  duty  on  the 
value  determined  by  an  appraisement  to  be  made  by  the  Customs 


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appraiser.  But  should  the  importer  or  exporter  be  dissatisfied  with 
that  appraisement,  he  shall  within  twenty-four  hours  (exclusive 
of  Sundays  and  holidays)  state  his  reasons  for  such  dissatisfaction 
to  the  Commissioner  of  Customs,  and  shall  appoint  an  appraiser  of 
his  own  to  make  ^,  re-appraisement.  He  shall  then  declare  the 
value  of  the  goods  as  determined  by  such  re-appraisement.  The 
Commissioner  of  Customs  will  thereupon,  at  his  option,  either 
assess  the  duty  on  the  value  determined  by  this  re-appraisement, 
or  will  purchase  the  goods  from  the  importer  or  exporter  at  the  price 
thus  determined,  with  the  addition  of  five  per  cent.  In  the  latter 
case  the  purchase-money  shall  be  paid  to  the  importer  or  exporter 
within  five  days  from  the  date  on  which  he  has  declared  the  value 
determined  by  his  own  appraiser. 

4.  Upon  all  goods  damaged  on  the  voyage  of  importation  a 
fair   reduction   of   duty   shall   be   allowed,    proportionate   to   their 
deterioration.     If  any  disputes  arise  as  to  the  amount  of  such  reduc- 
tion, they  shall  be  settled  in  the  manner  pointed  out  in  the  preceding 
clause. 

5.  All  goods  intended  to  be  exported  shall  be  entered  at  the 
Corean  Custom-house  before  they  are  shipped.      The   application 
to  ship  shall  be  made  in  writing,  and  shall  state  the  name  of  the  vessel 
by  which  the  goods  are  to  be  exported,  the  marks  and  number  of  the 
packages,  and  the  quantity,  description,  and  value  of  the  contents. 
The  exporter  shall  certify  in  writing  that  the  application  gives  a 
true  account  of  all  the  goo^s  contained  thei*ein,  and  shall  sign  his 
name  thereto. 

6.  No  goods  shall  be  landed  or  shipped  at  other  places  than 
those  fixed  by  the  Coreaii  Customs  authorities,  or  between  the  hours 
of  sunset  and  sunrise,  or  on  Sundays  or  holidays,  without  the  special 
permission   of   the    Customs   authorities,    who   will   be   entitled  to 
reasonable  fees  for  the  extra  duty  thus  performed. 

7.  Claims  by  importers  or  exporters  for  duties  paid  in  excess, 
or  by  the  Customs  authorities  for  duties  which  have  not  been  fully 
paid,  shall  be  entertained  only  when  made  within  thirty  days  from 
the  date  of  payment. 

8.  Xo  entry  will  be  required  in  the  case  of  provisions  for  the 
use  of  British  ships,  their  crews  and  passengers,  nor  for  the  baggage 
of  the  latter,  which  may  be  landed  or  shipped  at  any  time  after 

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examination  by  the  Customs  officers. 

9.  Vessels   needing   repairs   may   land   their   cargo    for    that 
purpose  without  the  payment  of  duty.     All  goods  so  landed  shall 
remain  in  charge  of  the  Corean  authorities,  and  all  just  charges  for 
stdrage,  labour,  and  supervision  shall  be  paid  by  the  master.     But 
if  any  portion  of  such  cargo  be  sold,  the  duties  of  the  Tariff  shall 
be  paid  on  the  portion  so  disposed  of. 

10.  Any   person   desiring  to   tranship    cargo    shall   obtain   a 
permit  from  the  Customs  authorities  before  doing  so. 

III. — Protection  of  the  Revenue. 

1.  The    Customs    authorities   shall    have   the   right    to    place 
Customs  officers  on  board  any  British  merchant-vessel  in  their  ports. 
All  such  Customs  officers  shall  have  access  to  all  parts  of  the  ship 
in  which  cargo  is  stowed.     They  shall  be  treated  with  civility,  and 
such  reasonable  accommodation  shall  be  allotted  to  them  as  the  ship 
affords. 

2.  The  hatches  and  all   other    places   of  entrance   into   that 
part  of  the  ship  where  cargo  is  stowed  may  be  secured  by  the  Corean 
Customs  officers  between  the  hours  of  sunset  and  sunrise,  and  on 
Sundays  and  holidays,  by  affixing  seals,  locks,  or  other  fastenings; 
and  if  any  person  shall,  without  due  permission,  wilfully  open  any 
entrance  that  has  been  so  secured,  or  break  any  seal,  lock,  or  other 
fastening  that  has  been  affixed  by  the  Corean  Customs  officers,  not 
only  the  person  so  offending,  but  the  master  of  the  ship  also,  shall 
be  liable  to  a  penalty  not  exceeding  one  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 

3.  Any    British   subject   who  ships,  or  attempts  to   ship,  or 
discharges,  or  attempts  to  discharge,  goods  which  have   not   been 
duly  entered  at  the  custom-house  in  the  manner  above  provided,  or 
packages  containing  goods  different  from  those  described  in  the  import 
or   export   permit   application,   or    prohibited   goods,    shall    forfeit 
twice  the  value  of  such  goods,  and  the  goods  shall  be  confiscated. 

4.  Any  person  signing  a  false  declaration  or  certificate  with 
the  intent  to  defraud  the  revenue  of  Corea  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine 
not  exceeding  two  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 

5.  Any  violation  of  any  provision  of  these    Regulations,    to 
which  no  penalty  is  specially  attached  herein,  may  be  punished  by  a 


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fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 

Note. — All  documents  required  by  these  Regulations,  and 
all  other  communications  addressed  to  the  Corean  Customs 
.authorities,  may  be  written  in  the  English  language. 

[L.  s.]      (Signed)   HARRY  S.  PAKKES. 

[L.  s.]      (Signature  in  Chinese  of  MIN  YONG-MOK.) 


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IMPORT  TARIFF,  CLASSIFIED  ACCORDING 
TO  RATE  OF  DUTY. 


CLASS    I. 
Duty-free  Goods. 

Agricultural  implements. 

Books,  maps,  and  charts. 

Bullion,  being  gold  and  silver  refined. 

Coins,  gold  and  silver. 

Fire  engines. 

Models  of  inventions. 

Packing  bags,  packing  matting,  tea  lead,  and   ropes   for   packing 

goods. 

Plants,  trees,  and  shrubs,  of  all  kinds. 
Samples  in  reasonable  quantities. 
Scientific  instruments,   as   physical,   mathematical,   meteorological,. 

and  surgical  instruments  and  their  appliances. 
Travellers'  baggage. 
Types,  new  and  old. 

CLASS  II. 
Import  Goods  subject  to  an  ad  valorem  Duty  of  5  per  cent* 

Alum. 

Anchors  and  chains. 

Bamboo,  split  or  not. 

Bark  for  tanning. 

Beans,  peas,  and  pulse,  all  kinds. 

Bones. 

Bricks,  and  tiles. 

Camphor,  crude. 

Coal  and  coke. 

Cotton,  raw. 

Drugs  and  medicines,  all  kinds. 

Fish,  fresh. 


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Flax,  hemp,  and  jute. 

Flints. 

Flour  and  meal,  all  kinds. 

Fruit,  fresh,  all  kinds. 

'Glue. 

Grain  and  corn,  all  kinds. 

Guano  and  manures,  all  kinds. 

Hides  and  skins,  raw  and  undressed. 

Horns  and  hoofs,  all  kinds  not  otherwise  provided  for. 

Kerosene  or  petroleum  and  other  mineral  oils. 

Lanterns,  paper. 

Lime. 

Matches. 

Matting,  floor,  Chinese  and  Japanese,  coir,  etc.,  common  qualities. 

Meat,  fresh. 

Metals,  all  kinds,  in  pig,  block,  ingot,  slab,  bar,  rod,  plate,  sheet, 

hoop,  strip,  band,  and  flat,  T-  and  angle-iron,  old  and  scrap  iron. 
Oil  cake. 

Oil,  wood  (T'ung-yu). 
Paper,  common  qualities. 
Pepper,  unground. 
Pitch  and  tar. 
Rattans,  split  or  not. 
Scales  and  balances. 
Seeds,  all  kinds. 
Soap,  common  qualities. 
Soy,  Chinese  and  Japanese. 
Twine  and  thread,  all  kinds  excepting  in  silk. 
Umbrellas,  paper. 

Vegetables,  fresh,  dried,  and  salted. 
Wool,  sheep's,  raw. 

Yarns,  all  kinds,  in  cotton,  wool,  hemp,  etc. 
All  unenumerated  articles,  raw  or  unmanufactured. 

CLASS  III. 
Import  Goods  subject  to  an  ad  valorem  Duty  of  7^  per  ceni. 

Beverages,  such  as  lemonade,  ginger  beer,  soda  and  mineral  waters. 


150 

Blankets  and  rugs. 

Buttons,  buckles,  hooks  and  eyes,  etc. 

Candles. 

Canvas. 

Carpets  of  jute,  hemp,  or  felt,  patent  tapestry. 

Cement,  as  Portland  and  other  kinds. 

Charcoal. 

Chemicals,  all  kinds. 

Clothing  and  wearing  apparel  of  all  kinds,  hats,  boots,  shoes,  etc- 

Cocoons. 

Cordage  and  rope,  all  kinds  and  sizes. 

Cotton  manufactures,  all  kinds. 

Cotton  and  silk  mixtures,  all  kinds. 

Cotton  and  woollen  mixtures,  all  kinds. 

Dyes,  colours,  and  paints,  paint  oils,  and  materials  used  for  mixing 

paints. 

Earthenware. 
Fans. 
Feathers. 
Felt. 

Fish,  dried  and  salted. 
Floor  rugs,  all  kinds. 

Foil,  tin,  copper,  and  all  other  kinds  except  gold  and  silver. 
Fruits,  dried,  salted,  or  preserved. 
Gamboge. 

Glass,  window,  plain,  and  coloured,  all  qualities. 
Grass  cloth  and  all  textiles  in  hemp,  jute,  etc. 
Hair,  all  kinds  except  human. 
Hides  and  skins,  tanned  and  dressed. 
Isinglass,  all  kinds. 
Lamps,  all  kinds. 
Leather,  all  ordinary  kinds,  plain. 
Linen,  linen  and  cotton,  linen  and  woollen,  linen  and  silk  mixtures, 

grey,  white,  or  printed. 

Matting,  superior  quality,  Japanese  "  tatamis,"  etc. 
Meat,  dried  and  salted. 
Metals,  all  kinds  in  pipe  and  tube,  corrugated  or  galvanized,  wire,. 

steel,    tin    plates,    nickel,    platina,    quicksilver,    German    silver, 


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tutenague,    or   white   copper,   yellow  metal,   nnrefined  gold  and 

silver. 
Metal  manufactures,  all  kinds,  as  nails,   screws,   tools,  machinery, 

railway  plant,  and  hardware. 
Mosquito  netting  not  made  of  silk. 
Needles  and  pins. 
Oils,  vegetable,  all  kinds. 
Oil  and  floor  cloth,  all  kinds. 
Paper,  all  kinds,  not  otherwise  provided  for. 
Planks,  soft  wood. 
Porcelain,  common  quality. 
Rosin. 
Salt. 

Sapan  wood. 

Sea  products,  as  seaweed,  beche  de  mer,  etc. 
Silk,  raw,  reeled,  thrown,  floss  or  waste. 
Silk  manufactures  not  otherwise  provided  for. 
Spectacles. 
Spirits  in  jars. 

Stationery  and  writing  materials  of  all  kinds,  blank  books,  etc. 
Stones  and  slate,  cut  and  dressed. 

Sugar  (brown  and  white),  all  qualities,  molasses  and  syrups. 
Sulphur. 

Table  stores,  all  kinds,  and  preserved  provisions. 
Tallow. 
Tea. 

Umbrellas,  cotton. 
Umbrella  frames. 
Varnish. 
Vermicelli. 

Wax,  bees'  or  vegetable. 
Wax  cloth. 

Woods  and  timber,  soft. 
Woollen  manufactures,  all  kinds. 
Woollen  and  silk  mixtures,  all  kinds. 
All  uneriumerated  articles  partly  manufactured. 


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CLASS  IV. 
Import  Goods  subject  to  an  ad  valorem  Duty  of  10  per  cent. 

Beer,  porter,  and  cider. 

Camphor,  refined. 

Carmine. 

Carpets,  superior  qualities,  as  Brussels,  Kidderminster,  and  other 

kinds  not  enumerated. 
Clocks,  and  parts  thereof. 
Clothing  made  wholly  of  silk. 
Confection aries  and  sweetmeats,  all  kinds. 

Explosives  used  for  mining,  etc.  (imported  under  special  permit.) 
Foil,  gold  and  silver. 
Furniture  of  all  kinds. 

Glass,  plate,  silvered  or  unsilvered,  framed  or  unf rained. 
Glassware,  all  kinds. 
Hair,  human. 

India-rubber,  manufactured  or  not. 
Lacquered-ware,  common. 

Leather,  superior  kinds,  or  stamped,  figured,  or  coloured. 
Leather  manufactures,  all  kinds. 
Materials  for  seals,  etc. 
Mosquito  netting  made  of  silk. 
Musical  boxes. 

Musical  instruments,  all  kinds. 
Paper,  coloured,  fancy,  wall  and  hanging. 
Photographic  apparatus. 
Pictures,    prints,    photographs,    engravings,    all    kinds,    framed    or 

unf  rained. 
Planks,  hard  wood. 
Plated-ware,  all  kinds. 
Porcelain,  superior  quality. 
Saddlery  arid  harness. 
Silk  thread,  or  floss  silk  in  skein. 
Silk  manufactures,  as  gauze,  crape,  Japanese  amber  lustrings,  satins, 

satin  damasks,  figured  satins,  Japanese  white  silk  ("habutai " ). 
Soap,  superior  qualities. 
Sugar  candy. 


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Telescopes  and  binocular  glasses. 

Tooth  powder. 

Trunks  and  portmanteaux. 

Umbrellas,  silk. 

Vermilion. 

Watches  and  parts  thereof  in  common  metal,  nickel,  or  silver. 

Wines  in  wood  or  bottle,  all  kinds. 

Wood  or  timber,  hard. 

All  unenumerated  articles  completely  manufactured. 


CLASS  V. 
Import  Goods  subject  to  an  ad  valorem  Duty  of  20  per  cent. 

Amber. 

Arms,  fire-arms,  fowling  pieces,  etc.,  imported  under  special  permit, 

Artificial  flowers. 

Birds'  nests. 

Carpets,  velvet. 

Carriages. 

Cochineal. 

Coral,  manufactured  or  not. 

Embroideries  in  gold,  silver,  or  silk. 

Enamel-ware. 

Fireworks. 

Furs,  superior,  as  sable,  sea  otter,  seal,  otter,  beaver,  etc. 

Ginseng,  red,  white,  crude,  and  clarified. 

Hair  ornaments,  gold  and  silver. 

Incense  sticks. 

Ivory,  manufactured  or  not. 

Jade-ware. 

Jewellery,  real  or  imitation. 

Lacquered-ware,  superior. 

Musk. 

Pearls. 

Perfumes  and  scents. 

Plate,  gold  and  silver. 

Precious  stones. 


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Rhinoceros  horns. 

Scented  woods,  all  kinds. 

Spices,  all  kinds. 

Spirits  and  liqueurs  in  wood  or  bottle,  all  kinds. 

Tobacco,  all  forms  and  kinds. 

Tortoise  shell,  manufactured  or  not. 

Velvet,  silk. 

Watches,  and  parts  thereof,  in  gold  and  gilt. 

Works  of  art. 

CLASS  VI. 
Prohibited  Goods. 

Adulterated  drugs  or  medicines. 

Arms,  munitions,  and  implements  of  war,  as  ordnance  or  cannon,, 
shot  and  shell,  fire-arms  of  all  kinds,  cartridges,  side-arms,  spears, 
or  pikes,  saltpetre,  gunpowder,  guncotton,  dynamite,  and  other 
explosive  substances. 

The  Corean  authorities  will  grant  special  permits  for  the 
importation  of  arms,  fire-arms,  and  ammunition  for  purposes  of 
sport  or  self-defence,  on  satisfactory  proof  being  furnished  to 
them  of  the  bond  fide  character  of  the  application. 

Counterfeit  coins,  all  kinds. 

Opium,  except  medicinal  opium. 


Foreign  ships,  when  sold  in  Corea,  will  pay  a  duty  of  twenty-five 
cents  per  ton  on  sailing  vessels,  and  fifty  cents  per  ton  on 
steamers. 

[L.  s.]      (Signed)  HARRY  S.  PARKES. 

[i,.  s.]      (Signature  in  Chinese  of  MIN  YONG-MOK.) 


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IMPORT  TARIFF,  ARRANGED  ALPHABETICALLY, 
EXPORT  TARIFF  AND  RULES. 


IMPORT  TARIFF. 

(Arranged  alphabetically.) 

Ail  valorem 

No.  ARTICLE.  Rat<Mifi>uty. 

Per  cont. 

1.  Agricultural  implements Free. 

2.  Alum 5 

3.  Amber    '20 

4.  Anchors  and  chains 5 

5.  Arms,  ammunition,  fire-arms,  fowling-pieces,  or  side-arms, 

imported  under  special  permit  of  the  Corean  Govern- 
ment for  sporting  purposes  or  for  self-defence    20 

6.  Artificial  flowers 20 

7.  Bamboo,  split  or  not 5 

8.  Bark  for  tanning ••  .  .  5 

0.    Beans,  peas,  and  pulse,  all  kinds      5 

10.  Beer,  porter,  and  cider     10 

11.  Beverages,    such   as   lemonade,    ginger    beer,    soda    and 

mineral  waters 7£ 

12.  Birds'  nests    20 

13.  Blankets  and  rugs .  7£ 

14.  Bones      5 

15.  Books,  maps,  and  charts   Free. 

1G;    Bricks  and  tiles     5 

17.  Bullion,  being  gold  or  silver,  refined Free. 

18.  Buttons,  buckles,  hooks  and  eyes,  etc 7£ 

19.  Camphor,  crude     5 

20.  „          refined 10 

21.  Candles 7£ 

22.  Canvas 7| 

23.  Carmine 10 

24.  Carpets  of  jute,  hemp,  or  felt,  patent  tapestry 7£ 

25.  Carpets,   superior  quality,  as  Brussels,   Kidderminster, 

and  other  kinds  not  enumerated  ....  10 


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.„  Ad  valorem 

ISO.  ARTICLE.  Rate  of  Duty. 

Per  cent. 

26.  Carpets,  velvet 20 

27.  Carriages 20 

28.  Cement,  as  Portland  and  other  kind^ 7£ 

29.  Charcoal 7| 

30.  Chemicals,  all  kinds      7^ 

31.  Clocks  and  parts  thereof 10 

32.  Clothing   and  wearing   apparel,    all    kinds,   hats,   hoots, 

and  shoes,  etc • 7 ^ 

33.  Clothing  and  wearing  apparel  made  wholly  of  silk    ....  10 

34.  Coal  and  coke    5 

35.  Cochineal 20 

36.  Cocoons      7-J 

37.  Coins,  gold  and  silver Free. 

38.  Confectionaries  and  sweetmeats,  all  kinds 10 

39.  Coral,  manufactured  or  not      20 

40.  Cordage  and  rope,  all  kinds  and  sizes      7-J- 

41.  Cotton,  raw    5 

42.  Cotton  manufactures,  all  kinds    7^- 

43.  Cotton  and  woollen  mixtures,  all  kinds 7£ 

44.  Cotton  and  silk  mixtures,  all  kinds      7£ 

45.  Cutlery,  all  kinds 7J 

46.  Drugs,  all  kinds     5 

47-  Dyes,  colours,  and  paints,  paint  oils,  and  materials  used 

for  mixing  paints , 7£ 

48.  Earthenware 7£ 

49.  Embroideries  in  gold,  silver,  or  silk .  20 

50.  Enamel  ware 20 

51.  Explosives  used  for  mining,  etc.,   and  imported  under 

special  permit    10 

52.  Fans,  all  kinds 7£ 

53.  Feathery,  all  kinds     7£ 

54.  Felt    7£ 

55.  Fire  engines Free. 

56.  Fireworks 20 

57.  Fish,  fresh 5 

58.  Fish,  dried  and  salted   7£ 

59.  Flax,  hemp,  and  jute    5 


15T 

Ad  valorem 

No.  ARTICLE.  Rate  of  Duty. 

Per  cent. 

60.  Flints     5 

61.  Floor  rugs,  all  kinds      7-J- 

62.  Flour  and  meal,  all  kinds     5 

63.  Foil,  gold  and  silver     10 

64.  Foil,  tin,  copper,  and  all  other  kinds 1^ 

65.  Fruit,  fresh,  all  kinds ' 5 

60.  Fruit,  dried,  salted,  or  preserved     7-J 

67.  Furniture  of  all  kinds 10 

68.  Furs,    superior,   as  sable,   sea  otter,  seal,  otter,  beaver, 

etc 20 

69.  Gamboge    7| 

70.  Ginseng,  red,  white,  crude,  and  clarified     20 

71.  Glass,  window,  plain  and  coloured,  all  qualities     7^ 

72.  Glass,    plate,    silvered    or    unsilvered,    framed    or    un- 

f ramed 10 

73.  Glassware,  all  kinds 10 

74.  Glue ,. , 5 

75.  Grain  and  corn,  all  kinds 5 

76.  Grass  cloth,  and  all  textiles  in  hemp,  jute,  etc 7-J 

77.  Guano  and  manures,  all  kinds      5 

78.  Hair,  all  kinds  except  human 7-J 

79.  Hair,  human      10 

80.  Hair  ornaments,  gold  and  silver 20 

81.  Hides  and  skins,  raw  and  undressed 5 

82.  Hides  and  skins,  tanned  and  dressed 7^ 

83.  Horns  and  hoofs,  all  kinds  not  otherwise  provided  for  .  .       5 

84.  Incense  sticks    20 

85.  India-rubber,  manufactured  or  not      10 

86.  Isinglass,  all  kinds     7£ 

87.  Ivory,  manufactured  or  not      20 

88.  Jade-ware 20 

89.  Jewellery,  real  or  imitation 20 

90.  Kerosene,  or  petroleum,  and  other  mineral  oils      5 

91.  Lacquered-ware,  common 10 

92.  Lacquered-ware,  superior     20 

93.  Lamps,  all  kinds   7^- 

94.  Lanterns,  paper     5 


158 

__  Ad  valorem 

No.  ARTICLE.  Rate  of  Duty. 

Percent. 

95.    Leather,  all  ordinary  kinds,  plain      7£ 

06.    Leather,    superior    kinds,    and    stamped,    figured,    or 

coloured    10 

97.  Leather  manufactures,  all  kinds     10 

98.  Lime     5 

99.  Linen,  linen  and  cotton,  linen  and  woollen  mixtures, 

linen  and  silk  mixtures,  all  kinds 7-J- 

100.  Matches    '. 5 

101.  Matting,  floor,  Chinese,  Japanese,  coir,  etc.,  common 

qualities    5 

102.  Matting,  superior  qualities,  Japanese  "  tatamis,"  etc.  .  .  7£ 

103.  Meat,  fresh 5 

104.  Meat,  dried  and  salted 7£ 

105.  Medicines,  all  kinds  not  otherwise  provided  for 5 

106.  Metals,  all  kinds,  in  pig,  block,  ingot,  slab,  bar,  rod, 

plate,  sheet,  hoop,  strip,  band  and  flat,  T-  and  angle- 
iron,  old  and  scrap  iron 5 

107.  Metals,    all    kinds,    in    pipe    or    tube,    corrugated    or 

galvanized,  wire,  steel,  tin-plates,  quicksilver,  nickel, 
platina,  German  silver,  yellow  metal,  tutenague,  or 

white  copper,  unrefined  gold  and  silver     7£ 

108.  Metal  manufactures,  all  kinds,  as  nails,  screws,  tools, 

machinery,  railway  plant,  and  hardware 7J 

109.  Models  of  inventions Free. 

110.  Mosquito  netting,  not  made  of  silk    7-J- 

111.  Mosquito  netting,  made  of  silk 10 

112.  Musical  boxes 10 

113.  Musical  instruments,  all  kinds 10 

114.  Musk    , 20 

115.  Needles  and  pins     7£ 

116.  Oil-cake 5 

117.  Oils,  vegetable,  all  kinds     7£ 

118.  Oil,  wood  (T'ung-yu)      5 

119.  Oil-  and  floor-cloth,  all  kinds 7£ 

120.  Packing  bags,  packing  matting,  tea-lead,  and  ropes  for 

packing  goods Free. 

121.  Paper,  common  qualities 5 


159 

Ad  valorem, 

No.  ARTICLE.  Rate  of  J)uty. 

Per  cent. 

122.  Paper,  all  kinds,  not  otherwise  provided  for     7£ 

123.  Paper,  coloured,  fancy,  wall,  and  hanging    10 

124.  Pearls 20 

125.  Pepper,  imground   5 

126.  Perfumes  and  scents   20 

127.  Photographic  apparatus 10 

128.  Pictures,    prints,    photographs,   engravings,    all    kinds, 

framed  or  unframed    10 

129.  Pitch  and  tar 5 

130.  Planks,  soft     7| 

131.  Planks,  hard    10 

132.  Plants,  trees,  and  shrubs,  all  kinds    Free. 

133.  Plate,  gold  and  silver      20 

134.  Plated-ware,  all  kinds     10 

135.  Porcelain,  common  qualities .  7-J- 

136.  Porcelain,  superior  qualities 10 

137.  Precious  stones,  all  kinds,  set  or  unset 20 

138.  Rattans,  split  or  not    5 

139.  Rhinoceros  horns     20 

140.  Rosin    7-J- 

141.  Saddlery  and  harness 10 

142.  Salt 71 

143.  Samples  in  reasonable  quantities   Free. 

144.  Sapan  wood     7-J- 

145.  Scales  and  balances     5 

14G.    Scented  wood,  all  kinds 20 

147.  Scientific  instruments,  as  physical,  mathematical,  mete- 

orological, and  surgical,  and  their  appliances    Free. 

148.  Seals,  materials  for 10 

149.  Sea  products,  as  seaweed,  beehe-de-mer,  etc 7^ 

150.  Seeds,  all  kinds   5 

151.  Silk,  raw,  reeled,  thrown,  floss  or  waste 7£ 

152.  Silk  manufactures,  as  gauze,  crape,  Japanese  amber  lust- 

rings, satins,  satin  damasks,  figured  satins,  Japanese 

white  silk  ("habutai") 10 

153.  Silk  manufactures  not  otherwise  provided  for 7-J- 

154.  Silk  thread  and  floss  silk  in  skein      10 


160 

Ad  valorem 

No.  ABTICLE.                                                             Rate  of  Duly. 

Per  cent. 

155.  Soap,  common  qualities 5 

156.  Soap,  superior  qualities 10 

157.  Soy,  Chinese  and  Japanese 5 

158.  Spectacles    7| 

159.  Spices,  all  kinds 20 

160.  Spirits,  in  jars     7£ 

161.  Spirits  and  liqueurs,  in  wood  or  bottle,  all  kinds 20 

162.  Stationery    and   writing    materials,-  all    kinds,    blank 

books,  etc 7-J- 

163.  Stones  and  slate,  cut  and  dressed   7-^ 

164.  Sugar,   brown   and  white,  all  qualities,  molasses  and 

syrups 7£ 

165.  Sugar  candy 10 

166.  Sulphur   7£ 

167.  Table  stores,  all  kinds,  and  preserved  provisions      7£ 

168.  Tallow 7i 

169.  Tea 7£ 

170.  Telescopes  and  binocular  glasses    10 

171.  Tobacco,  all  kinds  and  forms 20 

172.  Tortoise  shell,  manufactured  or  not 20 

173.  Tooth  powder 10 

174.  Travellers'  baggage Free. 

175.  Trunks  and  portmanteaux 10 

176.  Twine  and  thread,  all  kinds,  excepting  in  silk      5 

177.  Types,  new  and  old     Free. 

178.  Umbrellas,  paper     5 

179.  Umbrellas,  cotton    7| 

180.  Umbrellas,  silk    10 

181.  Umbrella  frames : 7| 

182.  Varnish    1\ 

183.  Vegetables,  fresh,  dried,  and  salted 5 

184.  Velvet,  silk 20 

185.  Vermicelli 7£ 

186.  Vermilion     10 

187.  Watches,  and  parts  thereof,  in  common  metal,  nickel, 

or  silver 10 

188.  Watches  in  gold  or  gilt 20 


161 

Ad  valorem 

No  ABTICLE.  Rate  of  Duty. 

Per  cent. 

189.  Wax,  bees'  or  vegetable % 7£ 

190.  Wax  cloth 7£ 

191.  Wines  in  wood  or  bottle,  all  kinds     10 

192.  Wood  and  timber,  soft 7£ 

193.  Wood  and  timber,  hard 10 

194.  Wool,  sheep's,  raw 5 

195.  Woollen  manufactures,  all  kinds 7-J- 

196.  Woollen  and  silk  mixtures,  all  kinds     7£ 

197.  Works  of  Art 20 

198.  Yarns,  all  kinds,  in  cotton,  wool,  hemp,  etc 5 

All  unenurnerated  articles,  raw  or  unmanufactured 5 

All  unenumerated  articles  partly  manufactured     7-J- 

All  unenumerated  articles  completely  manufactured     10 

Foreign  ships,  when  sold  in  Corea,  will  pay  a  duty  of  twenty-five 
cents  per  ton  on  sailing  vessels,  and  fifty  cents  per  ton  on 
steamers. 

Prohibited  Goods. 

Adulterated  drugs  or  medicines. 

Arms,  munitions,  and  implements  of  war,  as  ordnance  or  cannon, 
shot  and  shell,  fire-arms  of  .all  kinds,  cartridges,  side-arms,  spears 
or  pikes,  saltpetre,  gunpowder,  guncotton,  dynamite,  and  other 
explosive  substances.  The  Corean  authorities  will  grant  special 
permits  for  the  importation  of  arms,  fire-arms,  and  ammunition 
for  purposes  of  sport  or  self-defence  on  satisfactory  proof  being 
furnished  to  them  of  the  bond  fide  character  of  the  application. 

Counterfeit  coins  of  all  kinds. 

Opium,  except  medicinal  opium. 


EXPORT  TARIFF. 

CLASS  I. 
Duty-free  Export  Goods. 

Bullion,  being  gold  and  silver  refined. 
Coins,  gold  and  silver,  all  kinds. 

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Plants,  trees  and  shrubs,  all  kinds. 
Samples,  in  reasonable  quantity. 
Travellers'  baggage. 

CLASS  II. 

All  other  native  goods  or  productions  not  enumerated  in  Class  I  will 

pay  an  ad  valorem  duty  of  five  per  cent. 
The  exportation  of  red  ginseng  is  prohibited. 


RULES. 

I.  In  the  case  of  imported  articles  the  ad  valorem  duties  of 
this  Tariff  will  be  calculated  on  the  actual  cost  of  the  goods  at  the 
place  of  production  or  fabrication,   with  the  addition  of  freight, 
insurance,  etc.     In  the  case  of  export  articles  the  ad  valorem  duties 
will  be  calculated  on  market  values  in  Corea. 

II.  Duties   may    be    paid    in    Mexican    dollars   or   Japanese 
silver  yen. 

III.  The  above  Tariff  of  import  and  export  duties  shall  be 
converted,    as    soon    as    possible,    and   as    far   as   may   be   deemed 
desirable,  into  specific  rates  by  agreement  between  the  competent 
authorities  of  the  two  countries. 

[L.  s.]      (Signed)  HARRY  S.  PARKES. 

[L.  s.]      (Signature  In  Chinese  of  MIN  YONG-MOK.) 


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PKOTOCOL. 


The  above-named  Plenipotentiaries  hereby  make  and  append  to 
this  Treaty  the  following  three  declarations : — 

I.  With  reference  to  Article  III  of  this  Treaty,  it  is  hereby 
declared  that  the  right  of  extra-territorial  jurisdiction  over  British 
subjects  in  Corea  granted  by  this  Treaty  shall  be  relinquished  when, 
in  the  judgment   of  the  British  Government,  the  laws  and  legal 
procedure  of  Corea  shall  have  been  so  far  modified  and  reformed  as 
to  remove  the  objections  which  now  exist  to  British  subjects  being 
placed  under   Corean  jurisdiction,  and  Corean  Judges  shall  have 
attained    similar    legal    qualifications   and    a    similar   independent 
position  to  those  of  British  Judges. . 

II.  With  reference  to  Article  IV  of  this  Treaty,  it  is  hereby 
declared  that  if  the  Chinese  Government  shall  hereafter  surrender  the 
right  of  opening  commercial  establishments  in  the  city  of  Hanyang, 
which  was  granted  last  year  to  Chinese  subjects,  the  same  right  shall 
not  be  claimed  for  British  subjects,  provided  that  it  be  not  granted 
by  the  Corean  Government  to  the  subjects  of  any  other  Power. 

III.  It  is  hereby  declared  that  the  provisions  of  this  Treaty 
shall  apply  to  all  British  Colonies,  unless  any  exception  shall  be 
notified  by  Her  Majesty's  Government  to  that  of  Corea  within  one 
year  from  the  date  on  which  the  ratifications  of  this  Treaty  shall  be 
exchanged. 

And  it  is  hereby  further  stipulated  that  this  Protocol  shall  be  laid 
before  the  High  Contracting  Parties  simultaneously  with  this  Treaty, 
and  that  the  ratification  of  this  Treaty  shall  include  the  confirmation 
of  the  above  three  declarations,  for  which,  therefore,  no  separate  act 
of  ratification  will  be  required. 

In  faith  of  which  the  above-named  Plenipotentiaries  have  this 
day  signed  this  Protocol,  and  have  thereto  affixed  their  seals. 

Done  at  Hanyang  this  twenty-sixth  day  of  November,  in  the 
year  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty-three,  corresponding  to  the  twenty- 
seventh  day  of  the  tenth  month  of  the  four  hundred  and  ninety- 
second  year  of  the  Corean  era,  being  the  ninth  year  of  the  Chinese 
reign  KUANG  Hsu. 

[L.  s.]      (Signed)  HARRY  S.  PARKES. 

[L.  s.]      (Signature  in  Chinese  of  MIN  YoNG-Mox.) 


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ITALY. 


TREATY  OF  FRIENDSHIP  AND  COMMERCE, 
JUNE  26,  1884. 

His  Majesty  the  King  of  Italy  and  His  Majesty  the  King  of 
Corea,  heing  sincerely  desirous  of  establishing  permanent  relations 
of  friendship  and  commerce  between  their  respective  dominions, 
have  resolved  to  conclude  a  Treaty  for  that  purpose,  and  have 
therefore  named  as  their  Plenipotentiaries,  that  is  to  say : 

His  Majesty  the  King  of  Italy,  Chev.  FERDINAND  DE  Luc  A, 
Knight  Commander  of  the  Mauritian  Order,  Knight  Commander  of 
the  Order  of  the  Crown  of  Italy,  wearing  the  insignia  of  the  first 
class,  second  degree,  of  the  Chinese  Order  of  the  Two  Dragons,  etc., 
etc.,  His  Majesty's  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipoten- 
tiary to  His  Majesty  the  Emperor  of  China ; 

His  Majesty  the  King  of  Corea,  KIM  PIONG-SI,  President  of 
His  Majesty's  Foreign  Office,  a  Dignitary  of  the  First  Rank,  a 
President  of  the  Council  of  State,  Member  of  His  Majesty's  Privy 
Council,  and  Senior  Guardian  of  the  Crown  Prince ; 

Who,  after  having  communicated  to  each  other  their  respective 
full  powers,  found  in  good  and  due  form,  have  agreed  upon  and 
concluded  the  following  Articles : 

ARTICLE    I. 

1.  There  shall  be  perpetual  peace  and  friendship  between  His 
Majesty  the  King  of  Italy,  his  heirs  and  successors,  and  His  Majesty 
the  King  of  Corea,   his    heirs  and  successors,  and   between  their 
respective  dominions  and  subjects,  who  shall  enjoy  full  security  and 
protection  for  their  persons  and  property  within  the  dominions  of 
the  other. 

2.  In  case  of  differences  arising  between  one  of   the   High 
Contracting  Parties  and  a  third  Power,  the  other  High  Contracting 


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Party,  if  requested  to  do  so,  shall  exert  its  good  offices  to  bring  about 
an  amicable  arrangement. 

ARTICLE  II. 

1.  The  High  Contracting  Parties  may  each  appoint  a  Diplo- 
matic Representative  to  reside  permanently  or  temporarily  at  the 
capital  of  the  other,  and  may  appoint  a  Consul  General,  Consuls,  or 
Vice-Consuls  to  reside  at  any  or  all  of-  the  ports  or  places  of  the 
other  which  are  open  to  foreign  commerce ;  and  whenever  they  shall 
not  deem  it  necessary  to  send  a  Consul  of  their  own  country  to  any 
of  the  aforesaid  ports  or  places,  they  may  entrust  some  Consul  of  a 
friendly  Power  with  the  duties  of  Italian  or  Corean  Consul.     The 
Diplomatic    Representatives    and   Consular    functionaries   of   both 
countries  shall  freely  enjoy  the  same  facilities  for  communication, 
personally  or  in  writing,  with  the  Authorities  of  the  country  where 
they    respectively   reside,    together   with    all    other    privileges    and 
immunities,  as  are  enjoyed  by  Diplomatic  or  Consular  functionaries 
in  other  countries. 

2.  The  Diplomatic  Representative  and  the  Consular  function- 
aries of  each  Power,  and  the  members  of  their  official  establishments, 
shall  have  the  right  to  travel  freely  in  any  part  of  the  dominions  of 
the  other;  and  the  Corean  Authorities  shall  furnish  passports  to  such 
Italian  officers  travelling  in  Corea,  and  shall  provide  such  escort  for 
their  protection  as  may  be  necessary. 

3.  The  Consular  officers  of  both  countries  shall  exercise  their 
functions  on  receipt  of  due  authorisation  from  the   Sovereign  or 
Government  of  the  country  in  which  they  respectively  reside,  and 
shall  not  be  permitted  to  engage  in  trade. 

4.  In  the  absence  of  any  Consul,  or  of  whomever  acts  as  such, 
the  Italian  subjects  in  Corea  and  the  Corean  subjects  in  Italy  may 
apply  to  the  Director  of  the  local  Customs,  who  will  protect  their 
interests  according  to  the  existing  by-laws. 

AKTICLE  III. 

1.     Jurisdiction  over  the  persons  and  the  property  of  Italian 
subjects  in  Corea  shall  be  vested  exclusively  in  the  duly  authorised 


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Italian  Consular  Authorities,  who  shall  hear  and  determine  all  cases 
brought  against  Italian  subjects  by  any  Italian  or  other  foreign 
subject  or  citizen,  without  the  intervention  of  the  Corean  Autho- 
rities. 

2.  If  the  Corean  Authorities  or  a  Corean  subject  make  any 
charge  or  complaint  against  an  Italian  subject  in  Corea,  the  case 
shall  be  heard  and  decided  by  the  Italian  Consular  Authorities. 

3.  If  the  Italian  Authorities  or  an  Italian  subject  make  any 
charge  or  complaint  against  a  Corean  subject  in  Corea,  the  case  shall 
be  heard  and  decided  by  the  Corean  Authorities. 

4.  An  Italian  subject  who  commits  any  offence  in  Corea  shall 
be  tried  and  punished  by  the  Italian  Consular  Authorities  according 
to  the  laws  of  Italy. 

5.  A  Corean  subject  who  commits  in  Corea  any  offence  against 
an  Italian  subject  shall  be  tried  and  punished  by  the  Corean  Autho- 
rities according  to  the  laws  of  Corea. 

6.  Any    complaint    against    an  Italian    subject    involving    a 
penalty  or  confiscation  by  reason  of  any  breach  either  of  this  Treaty 
or  of  any  Regulation  annexed  thereto,  or  of  any  Regulation  that  may 
hereafter  be  made  in  virtue  of  its  provisions,  shall  be  brought  before 
the   Italian   Consular   Authorities   for   decision,    and   any    penalty 
imposed,  and  all  property  confiscated  in  such  cases,   shall  belong 
to  the  Corean  Government. 

7.  Italian  goods,  when  seized  by  the  Corean  Authorities  at  an 
open  port,  shall  be  put  under  the  seals  of  the  Corean  and  the  Italian 
Consular  Authorities,  and  shall  be  detained  by  the  former  until  the 
Italian  Consular  Authorities  shall  have  given  their  decision.     If 
this  decision  is  in  favour  of  the  owner  of  the  goods,  they  shall  be 
immediately  placed  at  the  Consul's  disposal ;  but  the  owner  shall  be 
allowed  to  receive  them  at  once  on  depositing  their  value  with  the 
Corean   Authorities  pending  the  decision  of  the  Italian  Consular 
Authorities. 

8.  In   all   cases,    whether   civil   or   criminal,   tried   either   in 
Corean  or  Italian  Courts  in  Corea,  a  properly  authorised  official 
of  the  nationality  of  the  plaintiff  or  prosecutor  shall  be  allowed  to 
attend  the  hearing,  and  shall  be  treated  with  the  courtesy  due  to  his 
position.     He  shall  be  allowed,  whenever  he  thinks  it  necessary,  to 
call,  examine,  and  cross-examine  witnesses,  and  to  protest  against 


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the  proceedings  or  decision. 

9.  If  a  Corean  subject  who  is  charged  with  an  offence  against 
the  laws  of  his  country  takes  refuge  on  premises  occupied  by  an 
Italian  subject,  or  on  board  an  Italian  merchant  vessel,  the  Italian 
Consular  Authorities,  on  receiving  an  application  from  the  Corean 
Authorities,  shall  take  steps  to  have  such  person  arrested  and  handed 
over  to  the  latter  for  trial.      But,  without  the  consent  of  the  proper 
Italian    Consular    Authority,    no    Corean   officer    shall    enter    the 
premises  of  any  Italian  subject  without  his  consent,  or  go  on  board 
any  Italian  ship  without  the  consent  of  the  officer  in  charge. 

10.  On    the    demand    of    any    competent    Italian    Consular 
Authority,  the  Corean  Authorities  shall  arrest  and  deliver  to  the 
former  any  Italian  subject  charged  with  a  criminal  offence,  and  any 
deserter  from  an  Italian  ship  of  war  or  merchant  vessel. 

11.  It  is  hereby  declared  that  the   right   of  extra-territorial 
jurisdiction  over  Italian  subjects  in  Corea  granted  by  this  Treaty 
shall  be  relinquished  when,  in  the  judgment  of  the  Italian  Govern- 
ment, the  laws  and  legal  procedure  of  Corea  shall  have  been  so  far 
modified  and  reformed  as  to  remove  the  objections  which  now  exist 
to   Italian   subjects   being   placed  under  Corean   jurisdiction,   and 
Corean  judges  shall  have  attained  similar  legal  qualifications  and 
a  similar  independent  position  to  those  of  Italian  judges. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

1.  The  ports  of  Chemulpo   (Jenchuan),   Wonsan   (Gensan), 
and  Pusan   (Fnsan),  or  if  the  latter  port  should  not  be  approved, 
then   such   other   port   as   may  be   selected   in   its   neighbourhood, 
together  with  the  city  of  Hanyang  and  the  town  of  Yanghwachin, 
or   such   other   place   in   that   neighbourhood   as    may   be   deemed 
desirable,   shall,  from  the   day  on  which   this   Treaty   comes   into 
operation,  be  opened  to  Italian  commerce.     It  is  hereby  declared 
that  if  all  the  other  nations  which  have  or  will  have  Treaties  with 
Corea  shall  hereafter  surrender  the  right  of  opening  commercial 
establishments  in  the  city  of  Hanyang,  the  same  right  shall  not  be 
claimed  for  Italian  subjects. 

2.  At  the  above-named  places  Italian  subjects  shall  have  the 
right  to  rent  or  to  purchase  land  or  houses,  and  to  erect  dwellings, 


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warehouses,  and  factories.  They  shall  be  allowed  the  free  exercise 
of  their  religion.  All  arrangements  for  the  selection,  determination 
of  the  limits,  and  laying  out  of  the  sites  of  the  foreign  Settlements, 
and  for  the  sale  of  land  at  the  various  ports  and  places  in  Corea 
open  to  foreign  trade,  shall  be  made  by  the  Corean  Authorities 
in  conjunction  with  the  competent  foreign  Authorities. 

3.  These  sites  shall  be  purchased  from  the  owners  and  prepared 
for  occupation  by  the  Corean  Government,  and  the  expense  thus 
incurred  shall  be  a  first  charge  on  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the 
land.     The  yearly  rental  agreed  upon  by  the  Corean  Authorities 
in  conjunction  with  the  foreign  Authorities  shall  be  paid  to  the 
former,  who  shall  retain  a  fixed  amount  thereof  as  a  fair  equivalent 
for  the  land  tax,  and  the  remainder,  together  with  any  balance  left 
from  the  proceeds  of  land  sales,  shall  belong  to  a  municipal  fund 
to  be  administered  by  a  Council,  the  constitution  of  which  shall 
be  determined  hereafter  by  the  Corean  Authorities  in  conjunction 
with  the  competent  foreign  Authorities. 

4.  Italian    subjects    may   rent   or   purchase    land    or    houses 
beyond  thp  limits  of  the  foreign  Settlements  and  within  a  distance 
of  ten  Corean  U  from  the  same.     But  all  land  so  occupied  shall 
be  subject  to  such  conditions  as  to  the  observance  of  Corean  local 
regulations  and  payment  of  land  tax  as  the  Corean  Authorities  may 
see  fit  to  impose. 

5.  The  Corean  Authorities  will  set  apart,  free  of  cost,  at  each 
of  the  places  open  to  trade,  a  suitable  piece  of  ground  as  a  foreign 
cemetery,  upon  which  no  rent,  land  tax,  or  other  charges  shall  be 
payable,  and  the  management  of  which  shall  be  left  to  the  Municipal 
Council  above  mentioned. 

6.  Italian  subjects  shall  be  allowed  to  go  where  they  please 
without  passports  within  a  distance  of  one  hundred  Corean  li  from 
any  of  the  ports  and  places  open  to  trade,  or  within  such  limits  as 
may  be  agreed  upon  between  the  competent  Authorities  of  both 
countries.     Italian  subjects  are  also  authorised  to  travel  in  Corea  for 
pleasure  or  for  purposes  of  trade,  to  transport  and  sell  goods  of  all 
kinds,  except  books  and  other  printed  matter  disapproved  of  by  the 
Corean  Government,  and  to  purchase  native  produce  in  all  parts  of 
the  country  under  passports,  which  will  be  issued  by  their  Consuls 
and  countersigned  or  sealed  by  the  Corean  local  authorities.     These 


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passports,  if  demanded,  must  be  produced  for  examination  in  the 
districts  passed  through.  If  the  passport  be  not  irregular,  the  bearer 
will  be  allowed  to  proceed,  and  he  shall  be  at  liberty  to  procure  such 
means  of  transport  as  he  may  require.  Any  Italian  subject  travel- 
ling beyond  the  limits  above  named  without  a  passport,  or  committing 
when  in  the  interior  any  offence,  shall  be  arrested  and  handed  over 
to  the  nearest  Italian  Consul  for  punishment.  Travelling  without  a 
passport  beyond  the  said  limits  will  render  the  offender  liable  to  a 
fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  Mexican  dollars,  with  or  without 
imprisonment  for  a  term  riot  exceeding  one  month. 

7.  Italian  subjects  in  Corea  shall  be  amenable  to  such  munici- 
pal, police,  and  other  regulations  for  the  maintenance  of  peace, 
order,  and  good  government  as  may  be  agreed  upon  by  the  competent 
Authorities  of  the  two  countries. 

ARTICLE  V. 

1.  At  each  of  the  ports  or  places  open  to  foreign  trade,  Italian 
subjects  shall  be  at  full  liberty  to  import  from  any  foreign  port  or 
from  any  Corean  open  port,  to  sell  to  or  to  buy  from  any  Corean 
subjects  or  others,   and  to  export  to  any  foreign  or  Corean  open 
port,   all  kinds  of  merchandise  not  prohibited  by  this  Treaty,  on 
paying  the  duties  of  the  Tariff  annexed  thereto.     They  may  freely 
transact  their  business  with  Corean  subjects  or  others  without  the 
intervention  of  Corean  officials  or  other  persons,  and  they  may  freely 
engage  in  any  industrial  occupation. 

2.  The  owners  or  consignees  of  all  goods  imported  from  any 
foreign  port  upon  which  the  duty  of  the  aforesaid  Tariff  shall  have 
been  paid,  shall  be  entitled,  on  re-exporting  the  same  to  any  foreign 
port  at  any  time  within  thirteen  Corean  months  from  the  date  of 
importation,  to  receive  a  drawback  certificate  for  the  amount  of  such 
import  duty,   provided  that  the  original  packages  containing  such 
goods  remain  intact.     These  drawback  certificates  shall  either  be 
redeemed  by   the   Corean   Customs   on    demand,   or   they   shall   be 
received  in  payment  of  duty  at  any  Corean  open  port. 

3.  The  duty  paid  on  Corean  goods,  when  carried  from  one 
Corean  open  port  to  another,  shall  be  refunded  at  the  port  of  ship- 
ment on  production  of  a  Customs  certificate  showing  that  the  goods 


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have  arrived  at  the  port  of  destination,   or  on  satisfactory  proof 
being  produced  of  the  loss  of  the  goods  by  shipwreck. 

4.  All  goods  imported  into  Corea  by  Italian  subjects,  and  on 
which  the  duty  of  the  Tariff  annexed  to  this  Treaty  shall  have  been 
paid,  may  be  conveyed  to  any  Corean  open  port  free  of  duty,  and, 
wben   transported   into  the  interior,  shall   not   be   subject   to   any 
additional  tax,  excise,  or  transit  duty  whatsoever  in  any  part  of  the 
country.      In  like  manner,  full  freedom  shall  be  allowed  for  the 
transport  to  the  open  ports  of  all  Corean  commodities  intended  for 
exportation,  and  such  commodities  shall  not,   either  at   the   place 
of   production   or  when  being  conveyed  from  any  part  of   Corea 
to  any  of  the  open  ports,  be  subject  to  the  payment  of  any  tax, 
excise,  or  transit  duty  whatsoever. 

5.  The    Corean    Government   may   charter   Italian   marchant 
vessels  for  the  conveyance  of  goods  or  passengers  to  unopened  ports 
in  Corea,  and   Corean  subjects  shall  have  the  same  right,  subject 
to  the  approval  of  their  own  Authorities. 

6.  Whenever  the  Government  of  Corea  shall  have  reason  to 
apprehend  a  scarcity  of  food  within  the  Kingdom,  His  Majesty  the 
King  .of  Corea  may,  by   Decree,  temporarily  prohibit  the  export 
of  grain  to  foreign  countries  from  any  or  all  of  the  Corean  open 
ports,  and  such  prohibition  shall  become  binding  on  Italian  subjects 
in  Corea  on  the  expiration  of  one  month  from  the  date  on  which 
it  shall  have  been  officially  communicated  by  the  Corean  Authorities 
to  the  Italian  Consul  at  the  port  concerned,  but  shall  not  remain 
longer  in  force  than  is  absolutely  necessary. 

7.  All   Italian  ships  shall   pay  tonnage  dues  at  the  rate  of 
thirty  cents  (Mexican)   per  register  ton.     One  such  payment  will 
entitle  a  vessel  to  visit  any  or  all  of  the  open  ports  in  Corea  during 
a  period  of  four  months  without  further  charge.      All  tonnage  dues 
shall    be  'appropriated    for    the    purposes    of    erecting    lighthouses 
and  beacons,  and  placing  buoys  on  the  Corean  coast,  more  especially 
at  the  approaches  to  the  open  ports,  and  in  deepening  or  otherwise 
improving  the  anchorages.     Xo  tonnage  dues  shall  be  charged  on 
boats  employed  at  the  open  ports  in  landing  or  shipping  cargo. 

8.  In  order  to  carry  into  effect  and  secure  the  observance  of 
the  provisions  of  this  Treaty,  it  is  hereby  agreed  that  the  Tariff  and 
Trade    Kegulations    hereto    annexed    shall    come    into    operation 


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simultaneously  with  this  Treaty.  The  competent  Authorities  of  the 
two  countries  may,  from  time  to  time,  revise  the  said  Regulations 
and  Tariff  with  a  view  to  the  insertion  therein,  by  mutual  consent, 
of  such  modifications  or  additions  as  experience  shall  prove  to  be 
expedient. 

ARTICLE  \7I. 

Any  Italian  subject  who  smuggles,  or  attempts  to  smuggle, 
goods  into  any  Corean  port  or  place  not  open  to  foreign  trade  shall 
forfeit  twice  the  value  of  such  goods,  and  the  goods  shall  be 
confiscated.  The  Corean  local  authorities  may  seize  such  goods,  and 
may  arrest  any  Italian  subject  concerned  in  such  smuggling  or 
attempt  to  smuggle.  They  shall  immediately  forward  any  person  so 
arrested  to  the  nearest  Italian  Consul  for  trial,  and  may  detain 
such  goods  until  the  case  shall  have  been  finally  adjudicated. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

1.  If  an  Italian  ship  be  wrecked  or  stranded  on  the  coast  of 
Corea,  the  local  authorities  shall  immediately  take  such  steps  to 
protect  the  ship  and  her  cargo  from  plunder,  and  all  the   persons 
belonging   to    her    from    ill-treatment,    and    to   render   such    other 
assistance   as   may   be  required.     They   shall  at    once   inform   the 
nearest   Italian   Consul  of  the   occurrence,    and   shall   furnish   the 
shipwrecked  persons,  if  necessary,  with  means  of  conveyance  to  the 
nearest  open  port. 

2.  All  expenses  incurred  by  the  Government  of  Corea  for  the 
rescue,  clothing,  maintenance,  and  travelling  of  shipwrecked  Italian 
subjects,   for  the   recovery   of  the  bodies  of  the   drowned,   for  the 
medical  treatment  of  the  sick  and  injured,  and  for  the  burial  of  the 
dead,  shall  be  repaid  by  the  Italian  Government  to  that  of  Corea. 

?>.  The  Italian  Government  shall  not  be  responsible  for  the 
repayment  of  the  expenses  incurred  in  the  recovery  or  preservation 
of  a  wrecked  vessel  or  the  property  belonging  to  her.  All  such 
expenses  shall  be  a  charge  upon  the  property  saved,  and  shall  be 
paid  by  the  parties  interested  therein  upon  receiving  delivery  of  the 
same. 


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4.  No  charge  shall  be  made  by  the  Government  of  Corea  for 
the  expenses  of  the  Government  officers,  local  functionaries,  or  police 
who  shall  proceed  to  the  wreck,  for  the  travelling  expenses  of  officers 
escorting   the   shipwrecked   men,    nor   for   the   expenses   of  official 
correspondence.      Such    expenses    shall    be    borne    by    the    Corean 
Government. 

5.  Any  Italian  merchant  vessel  compelled  by  stress  of  weather 
or  by  want  of  fuel  or  provisions  to  enter  an  unopened  port  in  Corea 
shall  be  allowed  to  execute  repairs  and  to  obtain  necessary  supplies. 
All  such  expenses  shall  be  defrayed  by  the  master  of  the  vessel. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

1.  The  ships  of  war  of  each  country  shall  be  at  liberty  to  visit 
all  the  ports  of  the   other.     They  shall  enjoy   every   facility   for 
procuring  supplies  of  all  kinds,  or  for  making  repairs,  and  shall  not 
be   subject   to  trade  or  harbour  regulations,  nor  be  liable  to  the 
payment  of  duties  or  port  charges  of  any  kind. 

2.  When  Italian  ships  of  war  visit  unopened  ports  in  Corea, 
the  officers  and  men  may  land,  but  shall  not  proceed  into  the  interior 
unless  they  are  provided  with  passports. 

3.  Supplies  of  all  kinds  for  the  use  of  the  Italian  navy  may  be 
landed  at  the  open  ports  of  Corea,  and  stored  in  the  custody  of  an 
Italian  officer,  without  the  payment  of  any  duty.     But  if  any  such 
supplies  are  sold,  the  purchaser  shall  pay  the  proper  duty  to  the 
Corean  Authorities. 

4.  The  Corean  Government  will  afford  all  the  facilities  in 
their  power  to  ships  belonging  to  the  Italian  Government  which  may 
be  engaged  in  making  surveys  in  Corean  waters. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

1.  The  Italian  Authorities  and  Italian  subjects  in  Corea  shall 
be  allowed  to  employ  Corean  subjects  as  teachers,  interpreters, 
servants,  or  in  any  other  lawful  capacity,  without  any  restriction  on 
the  part  of  the  Corean  Authorities ;  and,  in  like  manner,  no  restric- 
tions shall  be  placed  upon  the  employment  of  Italian  subjects  by 
Corean  Authorities  and  subjects  in  any  lawful  capacity. 


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2.  Subjects  of  either  nationality  who  may  proceed  to  the 
country  of  the  other  to  study  its  language,  literature,  laws,  arts, 
or  industries,  or  for  the  purpose  of  scientific  research,  shall  be 
afforded  every  reasonable  facility  for  doing  so. 

ARTICLK  X. 

It  is  hereby  stipulated  that  the  Government,  public  officers,  and 
subjects  of  His  Italian  Majesty  shall,  from  the  day  on  which  this 
Treaty  comes  into  operation,  participate  in  all  privileges,  immuni- 
ties, and  advantages,  especially  in  relation  to  import  or  export  duties 
on  goods  and  manufactures,  which  shall  then  have  been  granted 
or  may  thereafter  be  granted  by  His  Majesty  the  King  of  Corea 
to  the  Government,  public  officers,  or  subjects  of  any  other  Power. 

ARTICLK  XL 

Ten  years  from  the  date  on  which  this  Treaty  shall  come  into 
operation,  either  of  the  High  Contracting  Parties  may,  on  giving 
one  year's  previous  notice  to  the  other,  demand  a  revision  of  the 
Treaty  or  of  the  Tariff  annexed  thereto,  with  a  view  to  the  insertion 
therein,  by  mutual  consent,  of  such  modifications  as  experience  shall 
prove  to  be  desirable. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

1.  This    Treaty   is   drawn   up   in   the   Italian,   English,   and 
Chinese  languages,  all  of  which  versions  have  the  same  meaning;  but 
it  is  hereby  agreed  that  any  difference  which  may  arise  as  to  inter- 
pretation shall  be  determined  by  reference  to  the  English  text 

2.  For  the  present,  all  official  communications  addressed  by  the 
Italian  Authorities  to  those  of  Corea  shall  be  accompanied  by  a 
translation  into  Chinese. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

The  present  Treaty  shall  be  ratified  by  His  Majesty  the  King 
of  Italy  and  by  His  Majesty  the  King  of  Corea  under  their  hands 
and  seals.  The  ratifications  shall  be  exchanged  at  Hanyang  (Soul) 


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as  soon  as  possible,  or,  at  latest,  within  one  year  from  the  date  of 
signature ;  and  the  Treaty,  which  shall  be  published  by  both  Govern- 
ments, shall  come  into  operation  on  the  day  on  which  the  ratifications 
are  exchanged. 

In  witness  whereof,  the  respective  Plenipotentiaries  above  named 
have  signed  the  present  Treaty,  and  have  thereto  affixed  their  seals. 

Done  in  triplicate,  in  the  three  versions,  at  Hanyang,  this 
twenty-sixth  day  of  June  in  the  year  eighteen  hundred  and  eighty- 
four,  corresponding  to  the  fourth  day  of  the  fifth  intercalary  month 
of  the  four  hundred  and  ninety-third  year  of  the  Corean  era,  being 
the  tenth  year  of  the  Chinese  reign  KUANQ  Hs&. 

[L.  s.]      (Signed)  FEED.  De  LTJCA. 
[L.  s.]      (Signature  of  KIM  PioNG-Si.) 


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REGULATIONS  UNDER  WHICH  ITALIAN  TRADE 
IS  TO  BE  CONDUCTED  IN  COREA. 

I. — Entry  and  Clearance  of  Vessels. 

1.  Within  forty-eight  hours  (exclusive  of  Sundays  and  holi- 
days) after  the  arrival  of  an  Italian  ship  in  a  Corean  port,  the  master 
shall  deliver  to  the  Corean  Customs  authorities  the  receipt  of  the 
Italian  Consul  showing  that  he  has  deposited  the  ship's  papers  at 
the  Italian  Consulate,  and  he  shall  then  make  an  entry  of  his  ship  by 
handing  in  a  written  paper  stating  the  name  of  the  ship,  of  the  port 
from  which  she  comes,  of  her  master,  the  number,  and,  if  required, 
the  names  of  her  passengers,  her  tonnage,  and  the  number  of  her  crew, 
which  paper  shall  be  certified  by  the  master  to  be  a  true  statement, 
and  shall  be  signed  by  him.     He  shall,  at  the  same  time,  deposit  a 
written  manifest  of  his  cargo,  setting  forth  the  marks  and  numbers 
of  the  packages  and  their  contents  as  they  are  described  in  the  bills  of 
lading,  with  the  names  of  the  persons  to  whom  they  are  consigned. 
The  master  shall  certify  that  this  description  is  correct,  and  shall  sigu 
his  name  to  the  same.     When  a  vessel  has  been  duly  entered,  the 
Customs  authorities  will  issue  a  permit  to  open  hatches,  which  shall 
1x3  exhibited  to  the  Customs  officer  on  board.     Breaking  bulk  without 
having  obtained  such  permission  will  render  the  master  liable  to  a 
fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 

2.  If  any  error  is  discovered  in  the  manifest,  it  may  be  correc- 
ted within  twenty-four  hours  (exclusive  of  Sundays  and  holidays)  of 
its  being  handed  in,  without  the  payment  of  any  fee,  but  for  any 
alteration  or  post  entry  to  the  manifest  made  after  that  time  a  fee  of 
five  Mexican  dollars  shall  be  paid. 

3.  Any  master  who  shall  neglect  to  enter  his  vessel  at  the 
Corean  Custom-house  within  the  time  fixed  -by  this  Regulation  shall 
pay  a  penalty  not  exceeding  fifty  Mexican  dollars  for  every  twenty- 
four  hours  that  he  shall  so  neglect  to  enter  his  ship. 

4.  Any  Italian  vessel  which  remains  in  port  for  less  than  forty- 
eight  hours  (exclusive  of  Sundays  and  holidays)  and  does  not  open 
her  hatches,  also  any  vessel  driven  into  port  by  stress  of  weather,  or 
only  in  want  of  supplies,  shall  not  be  required  to  enter  or  to  pay 


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tonnage  dues  so  long  as  such  vessel  does  not  engage  in  trade. 

5.  When  the  master  of  a  vessel  wishes  to  clear,  he  shall  hand  in 
to  the  Customs  authorities  an  export  manifest  containing  similar 
particulars  to  those  given  in  the  import  manifest.     The  Customs 
authorities  will   then   issue  a  clearance  certificate  and  return  the 
Consul's  receipt  for  the  ship's  papers.     These  documents  must  be 
handed  in  to  the  Consulate  before  the  ship's  papers  are  returned  to 
the  master. 

6.  Should  any  ship  leave  the  port  without  clearing  outwards 
in  the  manner  above  prescribed,  the  master  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty 
not  exceeding  two  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 

7.  Italian  steamers,  may  enter  and  clear  on  the  same  day,  and 
they  shall  not  be  required  to  hand  in  a  manifest  except  for  such  goods 
as  are  to  be  landed  or  transhipped  at  the  port  of  entry. 


II. — Landing  and  Shipping  of  Cargo,  and 
Payment  of  Duties. 

1.  The  importer  of  any  goods  who  desires  to  land  them  shall 
make  and  sign  an  application  to  that  effect  at  the  custom-house, 
stating  his  own  name,  the  name  of  the  ship  in  which  the  goods  have 
been  imported,  the  marks,  numbers,  and  contents  of  the  packages  and 
their   values,    and   declaring   that   this   statement   is   correct.     The 
Customs  authorities  may  demand  the  production  of  the  invoice  of 
each  consignment  of  merchandise.     If  it  is  not  produced,  or  if  its* 
absence  is  not  satisfactorily  accounted  for,  the  owner  shall  be  allowed 
to  land  his  goods  on  payment  of  double  the  Tariff  duty;  but  the 
surplus  duty  so  levied  shall  be  refunded  on  the  production  of  the 
invoice. 

2.  All  goods  so  entered  may  be  examined  by  the  Customs 
officers  at  the  places  appointed  for  the  purpose.     Such  examination 
shall  be  made  without  delay  or  injury  to  the  merchandise,  and  the 
packages  shall  be  at  once  restored  by  the  Customs  authorities  to  their 
original  condition,  in  so  far  as  may  be  practicable. 

3.  Should  the  Customs  authorities  consider  the  value  of  any 
goods  paying  an  ad  valorem  duty  as  declared  by  the  importer  or 
exporter  insufficient,  th^y  shall  call  upon  him  to  pay  duty  on  the  value 

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determined  by  an  appraisement  to  be  made  by  the  Customs  appraiser. 
But  should  the  importer  or  exporter  be  dissatisfied  with  that  appraise- 
ment, he  shall  within  twenty-four  hours  (exclusive  of  Sundays  and 
holidays)  state,  his  reasons  for  such  dissatisfaction  to  the  Commis- 
sioner of  Customs,  and  shall  appoint  an  appraiser  of  his  own  to  make 
a  re-appraisement.  He  shall  then  declare  the  value  of  the  goods  as 
determined  by  such  re-appraisement.  The  Commissioner  of  Customs 
will  thereupon,  at  his  option,  either  assess  the  duty  on  the  value 
determined  by  this  re-appraisement  or  will  purchase  the  goods  from 
the  importer  or  exporter  at  the  price  thus  determined,  with  the 
addition  of  five  per  cent.  In  the  latter  case  the  purchase  money  shall 
be  paid  to  the  importer  or  exporter  within  five  days  from  the  date  on 
which  he  has  declared  the  value  determined  by  his  own  appraiser. 

4.  Upon  all  goods  damaged  on  the  voyage  of  importation  a  fair 
reduction  of  duty  shall  be  allowed,  proportionate  to  their  deteriora- 
tion.    If  any  disputes  arise  as  to  the  amount  of  such  reduction,  they 
shall  be  settled  in  the  manner  pointed  out  in  the  preceding  clause. 

5.  All  goods  intended  to  be  exported  shall  be  entered  at  the 
Corean  Custom-house  before  they  are  shipped.     The  application  to 
ship  shall  be  made  in  writing,  and  shall  state  the  name  of  the  vessel 
by  which  the  goods  are  to  be  exported,  the  marks  and  number  of 
packages,  and  the  quantity,  description,  and  value  of  the  contents. 
The  exporter  shall  certify  in  writing  that  the  application  gives  a  true 
account  of  all  the  goods  contained  therein,  and  shall  sign  his  name 
thereto. 

6.  No  goods  shall  be  landed  or  shipped  at  other  places  than 
those  fixed  by  the  Corean  Customs  aiithorities,  or  between  the  hours 
of  sunset  and  sunrise,  or  on  Sundays  or  holidays,  without  the  special 
permission   of   the    Customs    authorities,    who   will   be   entitled   to 
reasonable  fees  for  the  extra  duty  thus  performed. 

7.  Claims  by  importers  or  exporters  for  duties  paid  in  excess, 
or  by  the  Customs  authorities  for  duties  which  have  not  been  fully 
paid,  shall  be  entertained  only  when  made  within  thirty  days  from  the 
date  of  payment. 

8.  ~No  entry  will  be  required  in  the  case  of  provisions  for  the 
use  of  Italian  ships,  their  crews  and  passengers,  nor  for  the  baggage 
of  the  latter,  which  may  be  landed  or  shipped  at  any  time  after 
examination  by  the  Customs  officers. 


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9.  Vessels    needing   repairs    may    land    their   cargo    for   that 
purpose  without  the  payment  of  duty.     All  goods  so  landed  shall 
remain  in  charge  of  the  Coreaii  Authorities,  and  all  just  charges  for 
storage,  labour,  and  supervision  shall  he  paid  hy  the  master.     But  if 
any  portion  of  such  cargo  he  sold,  the  duties  of  the  Tariff  shall  be  paid 
on  the  portion  so  disposed  of. 

10.  Any    person    desiring   to    tranship   cargo    shall    obtain    a 
permit  from  the  Customs  authorities  before  doing  so. 


III. — Protection  of  the  Revenue. 

1.  The    Customs    authorities    shall   have   the    right   to    place 
'Customs  officers  on  board  any  Italian  merchant  vessel  in  their  ports. 
All  such  Customs  officers  shall  have  access  to  all  parts  of  the  ship  in 
which  cargo  is  stowed.      They  shall  be  treated  with  civility,  and  such 
reasonable  accommodation  shall  be  allotted  to  them  as  the  ship  affords. 

2.  The  hatches  and  all  other  places  of  entrance  into  that  part  of 
the  ship  where  cargo  is  stowed  may  be  secured  by  the  Corean  Customs 
officers  between  the  hours  of  sunset  and  sunrise,  and  on  Sundays  and 
holidays,  by  affixing  seals,   locks,  or  other  fastenings ;   and  if  any 
person  shall,  without  due  permission,  wilfully  open  any  entrance  that 
has  been  so  secured,  or  break  any  seal,  lock,  or  other  fastening  that 
has  been  affixed  by  the  Corea  Customs  officers,  not  only  the  person  so 
offending,  but  the  master  of  the  ship  also,  shall  be  liable  to  a  penalty 
not  exceeding  one  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 

3.  Any    Italian   subject    who   ships   or   attempts   to   ship,   or 
discharges  or  attempts  to  discharge,  goods  which  have  not  been  duly 
entered    at    the    custom-house    in    the    manner    above    provided,    or 
packages   containing   goods   different   from   those   described    in   the 
import  or  export  permit  application,  or  prohibited  goods,  shall  forfeit 
twice  the  value  of  such  goods,  and  the  goods  shall  be  confiscated. 

4.  Any  person  signing  a  false  declaration  or  certificate  with 
the  intent  to  defraud  the  revenue  of  Corea  shall  be  liable  to  a  fine 
not  exceeding  two  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 

5.  Any  violation   of  any   provision  of  these   Regulations,   to 
which  no  penalty  is  specially  attached  herein,  may  be  punished  by  a 
fine  not  exceeding  one  hundred  Mexican  dollars. 


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Note. — All  documents  required  by  these  Kegulations,  and 
all  other  communications  addressed  to  the  Coreaii  Customs 
authorities,  may  be  written  in  the  English  or  Italian  languages- 

[-L.  s.]      (Signed)   FERD.  DE  LUCA. 
[1,.  s.]     (Signature  of  KIM  Pioxo-Si.) 


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IMPORT  TARIFF,  CLASSIFIED  ACCORDING  TO  RATE 
OF  DUTY,  EXPORT  TARIFF  AND  RULES. 


IMPORT  TARIFF. 

(Classified  according  to  rate  of  duty.) 

CLASS    I. 
Duty-free  Goods. 

Agricultural  implements. 

Books,  maps,  and  charts. 

Bullion,  being  gold  and  silver  refined. 

Coins,  gold  and  silver. 

Fire  engines. 

Models  of  inventions. 

Packing   bags,   packing  matting,   tea-lead,  and   ropes   for   packing 

goods. 

Plants,  trees,  and  shrubs,  of  all  kinds. 
Samples  in  reasonable  quantities. 
Scientific  instruments,   as   physical,   mathematical,  meteorological, 

and  surgical  instruments  and  their  appliances. 
Travellers'  baggage. 
Types,  new  and  old. 

CLASS  II. 
Import  Goods  subject  to  an  ad  valorem  Duty  of  5  per  cent. 

Alum. 

Anchors  and  chains. 

Bamboo,  split  or  not. 

Bark  and  other  articles  for  tanning  purposes. 

Beans,  peas,  and  pulse,  all  kinds. 

Bones. 

Bricks  and  tiles. 


1S2 

Camphor,  crude. 
Coal  and  coke. 
Cotton,  raw. 

Drugs  and  medicines,  all  kinds. 
Fish,  fresh. 
Flax,  hemp,  and  jute. 
Flints. 

Flour  and  meal,  all  kinds. 
Fruit,  fresh,  all  kinds. 
Glue. 

Grain  and  corn,  all  kinds. 
Guano  and  manures,  all  kinds. 
Hides  and  skins,  raw  and  undressed. 
Horns  and  hoofs,  all  kinds  not  otherwise  provided  for. 
Kerosene  and  petroleum  and  other  mineral  oils. 
Lanterns,  paper. 
Lime. 
Matches. 

Matting,  floor,  Chinese  and  Japanese,  coir,  etc.,  common  qualities. 
Meat,  fresh. 

Metals,  all  kinds,  in  pig,  block,  ingot,  slab,  bar,  rod,  plate,  sheet,, 
hoop,  strip,  band,  and  flat,  T-  and  angle-iron,  old  and  scrap  iron. 
Oil  cake. 

Oil,  wood  (T'uny-yu). 
Paper,  common  qualities. 
Pepper,  unground. 
Pitch  and  tar. 
Rattans,  split  or  not. 
Scales  and  balances. 
Seeds,  all  kinds. 
Soap,  common  qualities. 
Soy,  Chinese  and  Japanese. 
Twine  and  thread,  all  kinds  excepting  in  silk. 
Umbrellas,  paper. 

Vegetables,  fresh,  dried,  and  salted. 
Wool,  sheep's,  raw. 

Yarns,  all  kinds,  in  cotton,  wool,  hemp,  etc. 
All  unenumerated  articles,  raw  or  unmanufactured. 


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CLASS  III. 
Import  Good*  subject  to  an  ad  valorem  Duty  of  7^  per  cent, 

Beverages,  such  as  lemonade,  ginger  beer,  soda  and  mineral  waters. 

Blankets  and  rugs. 

Buttons,  buckles,  hooks  and  eyes. 

Candles. 

Canvas. 

Carpets  of  jute,  hemp,  or  felt,  patent  tapestry. 

Cement,  as  Portland  and  other  kinds. 

Charcoal. 

Chemicals,  all  kinds. 

Clothing  and  wearing  apparel  of  all  kinds,  hats,  boots,  shoes,  etc. 

Cocoons. 

Cordage  and  rope,  all  kinds  and  sizes. 

Cotton  manufactures,  all  kinds. 

Cotton  and  silk  mixtures,  all  kinds. 

( 'ottoii  and  woollen  mixtures,  all  kinds. 

Cutlery,  all  kinds. 

Dyes,    colours,    and    paints,    paint    oils,    and    materials   used    for 

mixing  paints. 
Earthenware. 
Fans. 
Feathers. 
Felt. 

Fish,  dried  and  salted. 
Floor  rugs,  all  kinds. 

Foil,  tin,  copper,  and  all  other  kinds  except  gold  and  silver. 
Fruit,  dried,  salted,  or  preserved. 
Gamboge. 

Glass,  window,  plain,  and  coloured,  all  qualities. 
Grass  cloth  and  all  textiles  in  hemp,  jute,  etc. 
Hair,  all  kinds  except  human. 
Hides  and  skins,  tanned  and  dressed. 
Isinglass,  all  kinds. 
Lamps,  all  kinds. 
Leather,  all  ordinary  kinds,  plain. 
Linen,  linen  and  cotton,  linen  and  woollen,  linen  and  silk  mixtures,. 


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grey,  white,  or  printed. 

Matting,  superior  quality,  Japanese  "  tatamis",  etc. 
Meat,  dried  and  salted. 
Metals,  all  kinds  in  pipe  and  tube,  corrugated  or  galvanised,  wire, 

steel,    tinplates,    nickel,     platina,     quicksilver,     German    silver, 

tutenague,  or  white  copper,  yellow  metal,  unrefined  gold  and  silver. 
Metal  manufactures,  all  kinds,  as  nails,  screws,  tools,  machinery, 

railway  plant,  and  hardware. 
Mosquito  netting  not  made  of  silk. 
Needles  and  pins. 
Oils,  vegetable,  all  kinds. 
Oil-  and  floor-cloth,  all  kinds. 
Paper,  all  kinds,  not  otherwise  provided  for. 
Planks,  soft  wood. 
Porcelain,  common  quality. 
Rosin. 
Salt. 

Sapan  wood. 

Sea  products,  as  seaweed,  bcche-dc-mer  etc. 
Silk,  raw,  reeled,  thrown,  floss  or  waste. 
Silk  manufactures  m>t  otherwise  provided  for. 
Spectacles. 
Spirits  in  jars. 

Stationery  and  writing  materials  of  all  kinds,  blank  books,  etc. 
Stones  and  slate,  cut  and  dressed,  and  mosaic  slabs. 
Sugar  (brown  and  white),  all  qualities,  molasses  and  syrups. 
Sulphur. 

Table  stores,  all  kinds,  and  preserved  provisions. 
Tallow. 
Tea. 

Umbrellas,  cotton. 
Umbrella  frames. 
Varnish. 

Vermicelli,  macaroni  and  pates  d' Italic. 
Wax,  bees'  or  vegetable. 
Wax  cloth. 

Woods  and  timber,  soft. 
Woollen  manufactures;  all  kinds. 


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Woollen  and  silk  mixtures,  all  kinds. 

All  unenumerated  articles  partly  manufactured. 

CLASS  IV. 
Import  Goods  subject  to  an  ad  valorem  Duty  of  10  per  cent. 

Beer,  porter,  and  cider. 

Camphor,  refined. 

Carmine. 

Carpets,  superior  qualities,  as  Brussels,  Kidderminster,  and  other 

kinds  not  enumerated. 
Clocks  and  parts  thereof. 
Clothing  made  wholly  of  silk. 
Confectionaries  and  sweetmeats,  all  kinds. 
Explosives  used  for  mining,  etc.  (imported  under  special  permit.) 
Foil,  gold  and  silver. 
Furniture  of  all  kinds. 

Glass,  plate,  silvered  or  unsilvered,  framed  or  unframed. 
Glassware,  all  kinds. 
Hair,  human. 

India-rubber,  manufactured  or  not. 
Lacquered-ware,  common. 

Leather,  superior  kinds,  or  stamped,  figured,  or  coloured. 
Leather  manufactures,  all  kinds. 
Materials  for  seals,  etc. 
Mosquito  netting  made  of  silk. 
Musical  boxes. 

Musical  instruments,  all  kinds. 
Paper,  coloured,  fancy,  wall  and  hanging. 
Photographic  apparatus. 
Pictures,    prints,    photographs,    engravings,    all   kinds,    framed    or 

unframed. 
Planks,  hard  wood. 
Plated-ware,  all  kinds. 
Porcelain,  superior  quality. 
Saddlery  and  harness. 
Silk  thread,  or  floss  silk  in  skein. 
Silk  manufactures,  as  gauze,  crape,  Japanese  amber  lustrings,  satins, 


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satin  damasks,  figured  satins,  Japanese  white  silk  (habutai). 
Soap,  superior  qualities. 
Sugar  candy. 

Telescopes  and  binocular  glasses. 
Tooth  powder. 
Trunks  and  portmanteaux. 
Umbrellas,  silk. 
Vermilion. 
Vermouth. 

Watches  and  parts  thereof  in  common  metal,  nickel,  or  silver. 
Wines  in  wood  or  bottle,  all  kinds. 
Wood  or  timber,  hard. 
All  unenumerated  articles  completely  manufactured. 

CLASS  V. 

Import  Goods  subject  to  an  ad  valorem 
Duty  of  20  per  cent. 

Amber. 

Arms,  fire  arms,  fowling  pieces,  etc.,  imported  under  special  permit, 

Artificial  flowers. 

Birds'  nests. 

Carpets,  velvet. 

Carriages. 

Cochineal. 

Coral,  manfuactured  or  partly  manufactured. 

Embroideries  in  gold,  silver,  or  silk. 

Enamel  ware. 

Fireworks. 

Furs,  superior,  as  sable,  sea  otter,  seal,  otter,  beaver,  etc. 

Ginseng,  red,  white,  crude,  and  clarified. 

Hair  ornaments,  gold  and  silver. 

Incense  sticks. 

Ivory,  manufactured  or  not. 

Jade- ware. 

Jewellery,  real  or  imitation. 

Lacquered-ware,  superior. 

Musk. 


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Pearls. 

Perfumes  and  scents. 

Plate,  gold  and  silver. 

Precious  stones. 

Rhinoceros  horns. 

Scented  woods,  all  kinds. 

Spices,  all  kinds. 

Spirits  and  liqueurs  in  wood  or  bottle,  all  kinds. 

Tobacco,  all  forms  and  kinds. 

Tortoise  shell,  manufactured  or  not. 

Velvet,  silk. 

Watches,  and  parts  thereof,  in  gold  and  gilt. 

Works  of  art. 

CLASS  VI. 
Prohibited  Goods. 
Adulterated  drugs  or  medicines. 

Arms,  munitions,  and  implements  of  war,  as  ordnance  or  cannon, 
shot  and  shell,  fire  arms  of  all  kinds,  cartridges,  side-arms,  spears, 
or  pikes,  saltpetre,  gunpowder,  gimcotton,  dynamite,  and  other 
explosive  substances. 

The    Corean    Authorities   will    grant   special    permits   for   the 
importation  of  arms,  fire  arms,  and  ammunition  for  purposes  of 
sport  or  self-defence,  on  satisfactory  proof  being  furnished  to  them 
of  the  bond-fide  character  of  the  application. 
Counterfeit  coins,  all  kinds.  „ 

Opium,  except  medicinal  opium. 

Foreign  ships,  when  sold  in  Corea,  will  pay  a  duty  of  25  cents  per 
ton.  on  sailing  vessels,  and  50  cents  per  ton  on  steamers. 

EXPORT  TARIFF. 

CLASS    I. 
Duty-free  Export  Goods. 

Bullion,  being  gold  and  silver  refined. 
Coins,  gold  and  silver,  all  kinds. 


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Plants,  trees  and  shrubs,  all  kinds. 
Samples,  in  reasonable  quantity. 
Travellers'  baggage. 

CLASS    II. 

All  other  native  goods  or  productions  not  enumerated  in  Class  I  will 

pay  an  ad  valorem  duty  of  5  per  cent. 
The  exportation  of  red  ginseng  is  prohibited. 


RULES. 

I.  In  the  case  of  imported  articles,  the  ad  valorem  duties  of 
this  Tariff  will  be  calculated  on  the  actual  cost  of  the  goods  at 
the  place  of  production  or  fabrication,  with  the  addition  of  freight, 
insurance,  etc.     In  the  case  of  export  articles,  the  ad  valorem  duties 
will  be  calculated  on  market  values  in  Corea. 

II.  Duties  may  be  paid  in  Mexican  dollars  or  Japanese  silver 
yen. 

III.  The  above  Tariff  of  import  and  export  duties  shall  be 
converted,   as   soon   as   possible,   and   as   far     as   may   be   deemed 
desirable,  into  specific  rates  by  agreement  between  the  competent 
Authorities  of  the  two  countries. 

[L.  s.]      (Signed)   FKED.  DE  Luc  A. 
[k.  s.]      (Signature  of  KIM  PioNG-Sr.) 


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IMPORT   TARIFF,   ARRANGED 
ALPHABETICALLY. 


Ad  valorem 

Rate  of  Duty 

per  100. 


Agricultural  implements Free. 

Alum      5 

Amber 20 

Anchors  and  chains 5 

Arms,    ammunition,    fire-arms,  fowling-pieces,  or  side-arms, 

imported  under  special  permit  of  the  Corean  Government 

for  sporting  purposes  or  for  self-defence     20 

Artificial  flowers    20 

Bamboo,  split  or  not 5 

Bark  and  other  articles  for  tanning  purposes      5 

Beans,  peas,  and  pulse,  all  kinds     5 

Beer,  porter,  and  cider      10 

Beverages,  such  as  lemonade,  ginger  beer,  soda  and  mineral 

waters     7^- 

Birds'  nests    20 

Blankets  and  rugs     7-J 

Bones     • 5 

Books,  maps,  and  charts   Free- 
Bricks  and  tiles     5 

Bullion,  being  gold  or  silver,  refined ,  .  Free. 

Buttons,  buckles,  hooks  and  eyes,  etc 7£ 

Camphor,  crude     , 5 

Camphor,  refined 10 

Candles      7£ 

Canvas   7-J 

Carmine     10 

Carpets  of  jute,  hemp,  or  felt,  patent  tapestry 7-J 

Carpets,   superior  quality,  as  Brussels,   Kidderminster,  and 

other  kinds  not  enumerated      10 

Carpets,  velvet 20 

Carriages 20 

Cement,  as  Portland  and  other  kinds 7-^ 

Charcoal 7J 

Chemicals,  all  kinds      7-J 


Ad  valorem 
Rate  of  Dutv 

per  100.    ' 


Clocks  and  parts  thereof 10 

Clothing  and  wearing  apparel,   all   kinds,   hats,   boots,  and 

shoes,  etc 7£ 

Clothing  and  wearing  made  wholly  of  silk 10 

Coal  and  coke 5 

Cochineal  .  ! 20 

Cocoons , 7-J- 

Coins,  gold  and  silver Free. 

Confectionaries  and  sweetmeats,  all  kinds  . 10 

Coral,  manufactured,  or  partly  manufactured 20 

Cordage  and  rope,  all  kinds  and  sizes 7^ 

Cotton,  raw   5 

Cotton  manufactures,  all  kinds    7^ 

Cotton  and  woollen  mixtures,  all  kinds  . 7^ 

Cotton  and  silk  mixtures,  all  kinds      7^ 

Cutlery,  all  kinds 7^- 

Drugs,  all  kinds 5 

Dyes,  colours,  and  paints,  paint  oils,  and  materials  used  for 

mixing  paints 7£ 

Earthenware 7£ 

Embroideries  in  gold,  silver,  or  silk 20 

Enamel-ware 20 

Explosives  used  for  mining,  etc.,  and  imported  under  special 

permit    10 

Fans,  all  kinds 7| 

Feathers,  all  kinds 7-J- 

Felt 7£ 

Fire  engines Free. 

Fireworks 20 

Fish,  fresh 5 

Fish,  dried  and  salted 7£ 

Flax,  hemp,  and  jute 5 

Flints 5 

Floor  rugs,  all  kinds     7-J- 

Flour  and  meal,  all  kinds     5 

Foil,  gold  and  silver      10 

Foil,  tin,  copper,  and  all  other  kinds 7£ 


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H:»tc  of  Dutv 
IKM-KMI.    ' 

Fruit,  fresh,  all  kinds 5 

Fruit,  dried,  salted,  or  preserved     .  . . 71 

Furniture  of  all  kinds      10 

Furs,  superior,  as  sable,  sea  otter,  seal,  otter,  beaver,  etc.     .  .  20 

Gamboge    .  . . 7J 

Ginseng,  red,  white,  crude,  and  clarified     20 

Glass,  window,  plain  and  coloured,  all  qualities     7£ 

Glass,  plate,  silvered  or  unsilvered,  framed  or  unframed  ....  10 

Glassware,  all  kinds 10 

Glue 5 

Grain  and  corn,  all  kinds 5 

Grass  cloth,  and  all  textiles  in  hemp,  jute,  etc 7^- 

Guano  and  manures,  all  kinds      5 

Hair,  all  kinds  except  human 7^ 

Hair,  human      10 

Hair  ornaments,  gold  and  silver 20 

Hides  and  skins,  raw  and  undressed   5 

Hides  and  skins,  tanned  and  dressed 7£ 

Horns  and  hoofs,  all  kinds  not  otherwise  provided  for  ......  5 

Incense  sticks 20 

India-rubber,  manufactured  or  not . 10 

Isinglass,  all  kinds   7£ 

Ivory,  manufactured  or  not .  .  . 20 

Jade-ware 20 

Jewellery,  real  or  imitation      20 

Kerosene,  or  petroleum,  and  other  mineral  oils 5 

Knives  and  knifeware,  all  kinds 7£ 

Lacquered-ware,  common 10 

Lacquered-ware,  superior 20 

Lamps,  all  kinds   7£ 

Lanterns,  paper     5 

Leather,  all  ordinary  kinds,  plain    7^ 

Leather,  superior  kinds,  and  stamped,  figured,  or  coloured   .  .  10 

Leather  manufactures,  all  kinds 10 

Lime 5 

Linen,  linen  and  cotton,  linen  and  woollen  mixtures,  linen 

and  silk  mixtures,  all  kinds 7£ 


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Ad  valorem 
Rate  of  Duty 

per  100. 

Marbles,  in  block 5 

Matches 5 

Matting,  floor,  .Chinese,  Japanese,  coir,  etc.,  common  quali- 
ties    5 

Matting,  superior  qualities,  Japanese  tatamis,  etc 7£ 

Meat,  fresh    5 

Meat,  dried  and  salted 7^ 

Medicines,  ail  kinds  not  otherwise  provided  for     5 

Metals,  all  kinds,  in  pig,  block,  ingot,  slab,  bar,  rod,  plate, 
sheet,  hoop,  strip,  band  and  flat,  T-  and  angle-iron,  old 

and  scrap  iron 5 

Metals,  all  kinds,  in  pipe  or  tube,  corrugated  or  galvanized, 
wire,  steel,  tin-plates,  quicksilver,  nickel,  platina,  German 
silver,  yellow  metal,  tutenague,  or  white  copper,  unrefined 

gold  and  silver 7^ 

Metal  manufactures,  all  kinds,  as  nails,  screws,  tools,  machi- 
nery, railway  plant,  and  hardware 7£ 

Models  of  inventions     , Free. 

Mosquito  netting,  not  made  of  silk 7£ 

Mosquito  netting,  made  of  silk    10 

Musical  boxes 10 

Musical  instruments,  all  kinds     10 

Musk 20 

Needles  and  pins 7^ 

Oil-cake 5 

Oils,  vegetable,  all  kinds 7| 

Oil,  wood  (T'ung-yu)   '5 

Oil-  and  floor-cloth,  all  kinds    7£ 

Packing    bags,    packing    matting,    tea-lead,    and    ropes    for 

packing  goods Free. 

Paper,  common  qualities 5 

Paper,  all  kinds,  not  otherwise  provided  for 7£ 

Paper,  coloured,  fancy,  wall,  and  hanging 10 

Pearls 20 

Pepper,  unground     * 5 

Perfumes  and  scents     20 

Photographic  apparatus    10 


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Ad  valorem 

Rate  of  Duty 

per  100. 

Pictures,  prints,  photographs,  engravings,  all  kinds,  framed 

or  unframed 10 

Pitch  and  tar 5 

Planks,  soft   . . 7£ 

Planks,  hard 10 

Plants,  trees  and  shrubs,  all  kinds Free. 

Plate,  gold  and  silver    20 

Plated  ware,  all  kinds  ...'.. 10 

Porcelain,  common  qualities    7£ 

Porcelain,  superior  qualities    10 

Precious  stones,  all  kinds,  set  or  unset    20 

Rattans,  split  or  not 5 

Rhinoceros  horns 20 

Rosin 7£ 

Saddlery  and  harness 10 

Salt    . Ti 

Samples  in  reasonable  quantities     Free. 

Sapan  wood 7-J 

Scales  and  balances 5 

Scented  wood,  all  kinds    20 

Scientific  instruments,  as  physical,  mathematical,  meteorologi- 
cal, and  surgical,  and  their  appliances ,  Free. 

Seals,  materials  for . . 10 

Sea  products,  as  seaweed,  beche-de-mer,  etc. 7£ 

Seeds,  'all  kinds 5 

Silk,  raw,  reeled,  thrown,  floss  or  waste 7£ 

Silk  manufactures,  as  gauze,  crape,  Japanese  amber  lustrings, 
satins,  satin  damasks,  figured  satins,  Japanese  white  silk 

(Jidbutai) 10 

Silk  manufactures  not  otherwise  provided  for 7£ 

Silk  thread  and  floss  silk  in  skein 10 

Soap,  common  qualities 5 

Soap,  superior  qualities >  10 

Soy,  Chinese  and  Japanese 5 

Spectacles 7-J- 

Spices,  all  kinds    20 

Spirits,  in  jars 7-J- 

18 


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Ad  valorem 

Rate  of  Duty 

per  100. 

Spirits  and  liqueurs,  in  wood  or  bottle,  all  kinds 20 

Stationery  and  writing  materials,  all  kinds,  blank  books,  etc.  7^ 

Stones  and  slate,  cut  and  dressed,  and  mosaic  slabs 7^- 

Sugar,  brown  and  white,  all  qualities,  molasses,  and  syrups .  .  7^- 

Sugar  candy 10 

Sulphur     1\ 

Table  stores,  all  kinds,  and  preserved  provisions    7J 

Tallow   : 1\ 

Tea     71 

Telescopes  and  binocular  glasses 10 

Tobacco,  all  kinds  and  forms 20 

Tortoise  shell,  manufactured  or  not    20 

Tooth  powder    10 

Travellers'  baggage Free. 

Trunks  and  portmanteaux 10 

Twine  and  thread,  all  kinds,  excepting  in  silk    5 

Types,  new  and  old Free. 

Umbrelles,  paper 5 

Umbrellas,  cotton 7^ 

Umbrellas,  silk 10 

Umbrella  frames   7£ 

Varnish 7^ 

Vegetables,  fresh,  dried,  and  salted 5 

Velvet,  silk    20 

Vermicelli,  macaroni,  and  pates  d'ltalie     7J 

Vermilion 10 

Vermouth 10 

Watches,    and   parts   thereof,  in   common   metal,    nickel,   or 

silver 10 

Watches  in  gold  or  gilt 20 

Wax,  bees'  or  vegetable     7^ 

Wax  cloth 7£ 

Wines  in  wood  or  bottle,  all  kinds 10 

Wood  and  timber,  soft 7£ 

Wood  and  timber,  hard     10 

Wool,  sheep's,  raw 5 

Woollen  manufactures,  all  kinds     7£ 


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Ad  valorem 

Rate  of  Duty 

per  100. 

Woollen  and  silk  mixtures,  all  kinds 7£ 

Works  of  art     . . . 20 

Yarns,  all  kinds,  in  cotton,  wool,  hemp,  etc, 5 

All  unenumerated  articles,  raw  or  unmanufactured 5 

All  unenumerated  articles  partly  manufactured    7-£ 

All  unenumerated  articles  completely  manufactured     10 

Foreign  ships,  when  sold  in  Corea,  will  pay  a  duty  of  25  cents  per 
ton  on  sailing  vessels,  and  50  cents  per  ton  on  steamers. 

[L.  s.]      (Signed)  FRED.  DE  Luc  A. 
[r.  s.]      (Signature  of  KIM  PioNG-Si.) 


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UNITED  STATES. 


TREATY  OF  AMITY  AND  COMMERCE, 

MAY  22,  1882. 

The  United  States  of  America  and  the  Kingdom  of  Chosen, 
being  sincerely  desirous  of  establishing  permanent  relations  of  amity 
and  friendship  between  their  respective  peoples,  have  to  this  end 
appointed,  that  is  to  say :  the  President  of  the  United  States,  R.  W. 
SHUFELDT,  Commodore,  U.  S.  Navy,  as  his  Commissioner  Plenipo- 
tentiary ;  and  His  Majesty  the  King  of  Chosen,  SHIN  CHEN, 
President  of  the  Royal  Cabinet,  CHIN  HONG-CHI,  Member  of  the 
Royal  Cabinet,  as  his  Commissioners  Plenipotentiary:  who,  having 
reciprocally  examined  their  respective  full  powers,  which  have  been 
found  to  be  in  due  form,  have  agreed  upon  the  several  following 
Articles : 

ARTICLE    I. 

There  shall  be  perpetual  peace  and  friendship  between  the 
President  of  the  United  States  and  the  King  of  Chosen  and  the 
citizens  and  subjects  of  their  respective  Governments. 

If  other  Powers  deal  unjustly  or  oppressively  with  either 
Government,  the  other  will  exert  their  good  offices,  on  being  informed 
of  the  case,  to  bring  about  an  amicable  arrangement,  thus  showing 
their  friendly  feelings. 

ARTICLE  II. 

After  the  conclusion  of  this  treaty  of  amity  and  commerce,  the 
high  contracting  Powers  may  each  appoint  diplomatic  representa- 
tives to  reside  at  the  Court  of  the  other,  and  may  each  appoint 
consular  representatives  at  the  ports  of  the  other  which  are  open  to 
foreign  commerce,  at  their  own  convenience. 


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These  officials  shall  have  relations  with  the  corresponding  local 
authorities  of  equal  rank  upon  a  basis  of  mutual  equality. 

The  Diplomatic  and  Consular  representatives  of  the  two 
Governments  shall  receive  mutually  all  the  privileges,  rights,  and 
immunities,  without  discrimination,  which  are  accorded  to  the  same 
classes  of  representatives  from  the  most  favoured  nation. 

Consuls  shall  exercise  their  functions  only  on  receipt  of  an 
exequatur  from  the  Government  to  which  they  are  accredited.  Con- 
sular authorities  shall  be  bond  fide  officials.  No  merchants  shall  be 
permitted  to  exercise  the  duties  of  the  office,  nor  shall  consular 
officers  be  allowed  to  engage  in  trade.  At  ports  to  which  no  consular 
representatives  have  been  appointed,  the  consuls  of  other  Powers 
may  be  invited  to  act,  provided  that  no  merchant  shall  be  allowed  to 
assume  consular  functions,  or  the  provisions  of  this  treaty  may,  in 
such  case,  be  enforced  by  the  local  authorities. 

If  consular  representatives  of  the  United  States  in  Chosen 
conduct  their  business  in  an  improper  manner,  their  exequaturs  may 
be  revoked,  subject  to  the  approval,  previously  obtained,  of  the 
diplomatic  representative  of  the  United  States. 

ARTICLE  III. 

Whenever  United  States  vessels,  either  because  of  stress  of 
weather  or  by  want  of  fuel  or  provisions,  cannot  reach  the  nearest 
open  port  in  Chosen,  they  may  enter  any  port  or  harbour  either  to 
take  refuge  therein  or  to  get  supplies  of  wood,  coal,  and  other  necessa- 
ries, or  to  make  repairs;  the  expenses  incurred  thereby  being  defrayed 
by  the  ship's  master.  In  such  -event,  the  officers  and  people  of  the 
locality  shall  display  their  sympathy  by  rendering  full  assistance,  and 
their  liberality  by  furnishing  the  necessities  required. 

If  a  United  States  vessel  carries  on  a  clandestine  trade  at  a  port 
not  open  to  foreign  commerce,  such  vessel,  with  her  cargo,  shall  be 
seized  and  confiscated. 

If  a  United  States  vessel  be  wrecked  on  the  coast  of  Chosen,  the 
local  authorities,  on  being  informed  of  the  occurrence,  shall  immedia- 
tely render  assistance  to  the  crew,  provide  for  their  present  necessi- 
ties, and  take  the  measures  necessary  for  the  salvage  of  the  ship  and 
the  preservation  of  her  cargo.  They  shall  also  bring  the  matter  to 


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the  knowledge  of  the  nearest  consular  representative  of  the  United 
States,  in  order  that  steps  may  be  taken  to  send  the  crew  home  and  to 
save  the  ship  and  cargo.  The  necessary  expenses  shall  be  defrayed 
either  by  the  ship's  master  or  by  the  United  States. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

All  citizens  of  the  United  States  of  America  in  Chosen,  peace- 
ably  attending  to  their  own  affairs,  shall  receive  and  enjoy  for  them- 
selves and  everything  appertaining  to  them  the  protection  of  the  local 
authorities  of  the  Government  of  Chosen,  who  shall  defend  them  from 
all  insult  and  injury  of  any  sort.  If  their  dwellings  or  property  be 
threatened  or  attacked  by  mobs,  incendiaries,  or  other  violent  or 
lawless  persons,  the  local  officers,  on  requisition  of  the  Consul,  shall 
immediately  dispatch  a  military  force  to  disperse  the  rioters,  appre- 
hend the  guilty  individuals,  and  punish  them  with  the  utmost  rigour 
of  the  law. 

Subjects  of  Chosen,  guilty  of  any  criminal  act  towards  citizens 
of  the  United  States,  shall  be  punished  by  the  authorities  of  Chosen 
according  to  the  laws  of  Chosen;  and  citizens  of  the  United  States, 
either  on  shore  or  in  any  merchant  vessel,  who  may  insult,  trouble,  or 
wound  the  persons;  or  injure  the  property  of  the  people  of  Chosen, 
shall  be  arrested  and  punished  only  by  the  Consul  or  other  public 
functionary  of  the  United  States  thereto  authorized,  according  to  the 
laws  of  the  United  States. 

When  controversies  arise  in  the  kingdom  of  Chosen,  between 
citizens  of  the  United  States  and  subjects  of  His  Majesty,  which  need 
to  be  examined  and  decided  by  the  public  officers  of  the  two  nations, 
it  is  agreed  between  the  two  governments  of  the  United  States  and 
Chosen  that  such  cases  shall  be  tried  by  the  proper  official  of  the 
nationality  of  the  defendant,  according  to  the  laws  of  that  nation. 

The  properly  authorized  official  of  the  plaintiff's  nationality 
shall  be  freely  permitted  to  attend  the  trial,  and  shall  be  treated  with 
the  courtesy  due  to  his  position.  He  shall  be  granted  all  proper  faci- 
lities for  watching  the  proceedings  in  the  interests  of  justice.  If  he 
so  desires,  he  shall  have  the  right  to  present,  to  examine,  and  to  cross- 
examine  witnesses.  If  he  is  dissatisfied  with  the  proceedings,  he 
shall  be  permitted  to  protest  against  them  in  detail. 


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It  is,  however,  mutually  agreed  and  understood  between  the 
high  contracting  Powers,  that  whenever  the  King  of  Chosen  shall 
have  so  far  modified  and  reformed  the  statutes  and  judicial  procedure 
of  his  kingdom  that,  in  the  judgment  of  the  United  States,  they 
conform  to  the  laws  and  course  of  justice  in  the  United  States,  the 
right  of  ex-territorial  jurisdiction  over  United  States  citizens  in 
Chosen  shall  be  abandoned,  and  thereafter  United  States  citizens, 
when  within  the  limits  of  the  kingdom  of  Chosen,  shall  be  subject  to 
the  jurisdiction  of  the  native  authorities. " 

ARTICLE  V. 

Merchants  and  merchant  vessels  of  Chosen  visiting  the  United 
States  for  purposes  of  traffic  shall  pay  duties  and  tonnage  dues  and  all 
fees  according  to  the  customs  regulations  of  the  United  States,  but 
no  higher  or  other  rates  of  duties  and  tonnage  dues  shall  be  exacted 
of  them  than  are  levied  upon  citizens  of  the  United  States  or  upon 
citizens  or  subjects  of  the  most  favoured  nation:' 

Merchants  and  merchant  vessels  of  the  United  States  visiting- 
Chosen  for  purposes  of  traffic  shall  pay  duties  upon  all  merchandise 
imported  and  exported.  The  authority  to  levy  duties  is  of  right 
vested  in  the  Government  of  Chosen.  The  tariff  of  duties  upon 
exports  and  imports,  together  with  the  customs  regulations  for  the 
prevention  of  smuggling  and  other  irregularities,  will  be  fixed  by  the 
authorities  of  Chosen  and  communicated  to  the  proper  officials  of  the 
United  States,  to  be  by  the  latter  notified  to  their  citizens  and  duly 
observed. 

It  is,  however,  agreed  in  the  first  instance,  as  a  general  measure, 
that  the  tariff  upon  such  imports  as  are  articles  of  daily  use  shall  not 
exceed  an  ad  valorem  duty  of  ten  per  centum,  that  the  tariff  upon 
such  imports  as  are  luxuries,  as,  for  instance,  foreign  wines,  foreign 
tobacco,  clocks  and  watches,  shall  not  exceed  an  ad  valorem  duty  of 
thirty  per  centum ;  and  that  native  produce  exported  shall  pay  a  duty 
not  to  exceed  five  per  centum  ad  valorem.  And  it  is  further  agreed 
that  the  duty  upon  foreign  imports  shall  be  paid  once  for  all  at  the 
port  of  entry,  and  that  no  other  dues,  duties,  fees,  taxes,  or  charges 
of  any  sort  shall  be  levied  upon  such  imports  either  in  the  interior  of 
Chosen  or  at  the  ports. 


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United  States  merchant  vessels  entering  the  ports  of  Chosen  shall 
pay  tonnage  dues  at  the  rate  of  five  mace  per  ton,  payable  once  in 
three  months  on  each  vessel,  according  to  the  Chinese  calendar. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

Subjects  of  Chosen  who  may  visit  the  United  States  shall  be 
permitted  to  reside  and  to  rent  premises,  purchase  land,  or  to  con- 
struct residences  or  warehouses,  in  all  parts  of  the  country.  They 
shall  be  freely  permitted  to  pursue  their  various  callings  and 
avocations,  and  to  traffic  in  all  merchandise,  raw  and  manufactured, 
that  is  not  declared  contraband  by  law. 

Citizens  of  the  United  States  who  may  resort  to  the  ports  of 
Chosen  which  are  open  to  foreign  commerce  shall  be  permitted  to 
reside  at  such  open  ports  within  the  limits  of  the  concessions,  and  to 
lease  buildings  or  laud  or  to  construct  residences  or  warehouses 
therein.  They  shall  be  freely  permitted  to  pursue  their  various 
callings  and  avocations  within  the  limits  of  the  ports,  and  to  traffic  in 
all  merchandise,  raw  and  manufactured,  that  is  not  declared  contra- 
band by  law. 

No  coercion  or  intimidation  in  the  acquisition  of  land  or 
buildings  shall  be  permitted,  and  the  land  rent  as  fixed  by  the 
authorities  of  Chosen  shall  be  paid.  And  it  is  expressly  agreed 
that  land  so  acquired  in  the  open  ports  of  Chosen  still  remains  an 
integral  part  of  the  kingdom,  and  that  all  rights  of  jurisdiction  over 
persons  and  property  within  such  areas  remain  vested  in  the 
authorities  of  Chosen,  except  in  so  far  as  such  rights  have  been 
expressly  relinquished  by  this  treaty. 

American  citizens  are  not  permitted  either  to  transport  foreign 
imports  to  the  interior  for  sale  or  to  proceed  thither  to  purchase 
native  produce.  Nor  are  they  permitted  to  transport  native  produce 
from  one  open  port  to  another  open  port. 

Violations  of  this  rule  will  subject  such  merchandise  to  confisca- 
tion, and  the  merchant  offending  will  be  handed  over  to  the  consular 
authorities  to  be  dealt  with. 


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ARTICLE  VII. 

The  Governments  of  the  United  States  and  of  Chosen  mutually 
agree  and  undertake  that  subjects  of  Chosen  shall  not  be  permitted 
to  import  opium  into  any  of  the  ports  of  the  United  States,  and 
citizens  of  the  United  States  shall  not  be  permitted  to  import  opium 
into  any  of  the  open  ports  of  Chosen,  to  transport  it  from  one  open 
port  to  another  open  port,  or  to  traffic  in  it  in  Chosen.  This  absolute 
prohibition,  which  extends  to  vessels  owned  by  the  citizens  or  subjects 
of  either  Power,  to  foreign  vessels  employed  by  them,  and  to  vessels 
owned  by  the  citizens  or  subjects  of  either  Power  and  employed  by 
other  persons  for  the  transportation  of  opium,  shall  be  enforced  by 
appropriate  legislation  on  the  part  of  the  United  States  and  of 
Chosen,  and  offenders  against  it  shall  be  severely  punished. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

Whenever  the  Government  of  Chosen  shall  have  reason  to 
apprehend  a  scarcity  of  food  within  the  limits  of  the  kingdom.  His 
Majesty  may,  by  decree,  temporarily  prohibit  the  export  of  all 
'breadstuff s,  and  such  decree  shall  be  binding  on.  all  citizens  of  the 
United  States  in  Chosen,  upon  due  notice' having  been  given  thorn  by 
the  authorities  of  Chosen  through  the  proper  officers  of  the  United 
States;  but  it  is  to  be  understood  that  the  exportation  of  rice  and 
breadstuff  s  of  every  description  is  prohibited  from  the  open  port  of 
Yin-chuen. 

Chosen  having  of  old  prohibited  the  exportation  of  red  ginseng, 
if  citizens  of  the  United  States  clandestinely  purchase  it  for  export, 
it  shall  be  confiscated,  and  the  offenders  punished. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

The  purchase  of  cannon,  small  arms,  swords,  gunpowder,  shot, 
and  all  munitions  of  war  is  permitted  only  to  officials  of  the  Govern- 
ment of  Chosen,  and  they  may  be  imported  by  citizens  of  the  United 
States  only  under  a  written  permit  from  the  authorities  of  Chosen. 
If  these  articles  are  clandestinely  imported,  they  shall  be  confiscated, 
and  the  offending  party  shall  be  punished. 


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ARTICLE  X. 

The  officers  and  people  of  either  nation  residing  in  the  other  shall 
have  the  right  to  employ  natives  for  all  kinds  of  lawful  work. 

Should,  however,  subjects  of  Chosen,  guilty  of  violation  of  the 
laws  of  the  kingdom,  or  against  whom  any  action  has  been  brought, 
conceal  themselves  in  the  residences  or  warehouses  of  United  States 
citizens  or  on  board  United  States  merchant  vessels,  the  Consular 
authorities  of  the  United  States,  on  being  notified  of  the  fact  by  the 
local  authorities,  will  either  permit  the  latter  to  despatch  constables 
to  make  the  arrests  or  the  persons  will  be  arrested  by  the  Consular 
^authorities  and  handed  over  to  the  local  constables. 

Officials  or  citizens  of  the  United  States  shall  not  harbour  such 
persons. 

ARTICLE  XL 

Students  of  either  nationality  who  may  proceed  to  the  country 
of  the  other,  in  order  to  study  the  language,  literature,  laws,  or  arts, 
shall  be  given  all  possible  protection  and  assistance,  in  evidence  of 
•cordial  goodwill. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

This  being  the  first  treaty  negotiated  by  Chosen,  and  hence 
being  general  and  incomplete  in  its  provisions,  shall,  in  the  first 
instance,  be  put  into  operation  in  all  things  stipulated  herein.  As 
to  stipulations  not  contained  herein,  after  an  interval  of  five  years, 
when  the  officers  and  people  of  the  two  Powers  shall  have  become 
more  familiar  with  each  other's  language,  a  further  negotiation  of 
commercial  provisions  and  regulations  in  detail,  in  conformity  with 
international  law  and  without  unequal  discriminations  on  either  part, 
shall  be  had. 

ARTICLE  XIII. 

This  Treaty  and  future  official  correspondence  between  the  two 
contracting  governments  shall  be  made,  on.  the  part  of  Chosen,  in  the 
Chinese  language. 


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The  United  States  shall  either  use  the  Chinese  language,  or  if 
English  be  used,  it  shall  be  accompanied  with  a  Chinese  version,  in 
order  to  avoid  misunderstanding. 

ARTICLE  XIV. 

The  high  contracting  Powers  hereby  agree  that  should  at  any 
time  the  King  of  Chosen  grant  to  any  nation,  or  to  the  merchants  or 
citizens  of  any  nation,  any  right,  privilege,  or  favour,  connected 
either  with  navigation,  commerce,  political  or  other  intercourse, 
which  is  not  conferred  by  this  treaty,  such  right,  privilege,  and 
favour  shall  freely  inure  to  the  benefit  of  the  United  States,  its  public 
officers,  merchants,  and  citizens ;  provided  always,  that  whenever  such 
right,  privilege,  or  favour  is  accompanied  by  any  condition  or  equiva- 
lent concession  granted  by  the  other  nation  interested,  the  United 
States,  its  officers  and  people,  shall  only  be  entitled  to  the  benefit  of 
such  right,  privilege,  or  favour  upon  complying  with  the  conditions  or 
concessions  connected  therewith. 

In  faith  whereof,  the  respective  Commissioners  Plenipotentiary 
have  signed  and  sealed  the  foregoing  at  Yin-chuen,  in  English  and 
Chinese,  being  three  originals  of  each  text,  of  even  tenor  and  date, 
the  ratifications  of  which  shall  be  exchanged  at  Yin-chuen  within 
one  year  from  the  date  of  its  execution,  and  immediately  thereafter 
this  treaty  shall  be  in  all  its  provisions  publicly  proclaimed  and  made 
known  by  both  governments  in  their  respective  countries,  in  order 
that  it  may  be  obeyed  by  their  citizens  and  subjects  respectively. 

Chosen,  May  the  22nd,  A.  1).  1882. 

[L.  s.]      (Signed)   E.  W.  SHUFELDT, 

Commodore,  U.S.  N.,  Envoy  of  the  U.  S. 
to -Chosen. 

[L.  s.]      (Signed)   SHIN  CHEN. 


(In  Chinese.)' 
[L.  s.]      (Signed)   CHIN  HONG-CHI. 


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JAPAN 

TREATIES  AND  CONVENTIONS  BETWEEN  KOREA  AND  JAPAN 


THE  JAPANESE-KOREAN  TREATY,  FEBRUARY  26,  1876 

The  Governments  of  Japan  and  Chosen,  being  desirous  to  resume 
the  amicable  relations  that  of  yore  existed  between  them,  and  to  pro- 
mote the  friendly  feelingfc  of  both  nations  to  a  still  firmer  basis,  have 
for  this  purpose  appointed  their  Plenipotentiaries,  that  is  to  say: 
The  Government  of  Japan,  KURODA  KIYOTAKA,  High  Commissioner 
Extraordinary  to  Chosen,  Lieutenant-General  and  Member  of  the 
Privy  Council,  Minister  of  the  Colonisation  Department,  and  INOUTE 
KAORU,  Associate  High  Commissioner  Extraordinary  to  Chosen,  Mem- 
ber of  the  Genro  In ;  and  the  Government  of  Chosen,  SHIN  KEN,  HAN- 
Cnoo-Su-Fu,  and  IN-JISHO,  Fu-So-Fu,  FUKU-SO-KWAN,  who,  accord- 
ing to  the  powers  received  from  their  respective  Governments,  have 
agreed  upon  and  concluded  the  following  Articles : 

ARTICLE  I. 

Chosen  being  an  independent  state  enjoys  the  same  sovereign 
rights  as  does  Japan. 

In  order  to  prove  the  sincerity  of  the  friendship  existing  between 
the  two  nations,  their  intercourse  shall  henceforward  be  carried  on  in 
terms  of  equality  and  courtesy,  each  avoiding  the  giving  of  offence  by 
arrogance  or  manifestations  of  suspicion. 

In  the  first  instance,  all  rules  and  precedents  that  are  apt  to  ob- 
struct friendly  intercourse  shall  be  totally  abrogated,  and,  in  their 
stead,  rules,  liberal  and  in  general  usage  fit  to  secure  a  firm  and 
perpetual  peace,  shall  be  established. 

ARTICLE  II. 

The  Government  of  Japan  at  any  time  within  fifteen  months  from 
the  date  of  signature  of  this  Treaty,  shall  have  the  right  to  send  an 


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Envoy  to  the  Capital  of  Chosen,  where  he  shall  be  admitted  to  confer 
with  the  Rei-sohan-sho  on  matters  of  a  diplomatic  nature.  He  may 
either  reside  at  the  capital  or  return  to  his  country  on  the  completion 
of  his  mission. 

The  Government  of  Chosen  in  like  manner  shall  have  the  right  to 
send  an  Envoy  to  Tokyo,  Japan,  where  he  shall  be  admitted  to  confer 
with  the  Minister  for  Foreign  Affairs  on  matters  of  a  diplomatic  na- 
ture. He  may  either  reside  at  Tokyo  or  return  home  on  the  com- 
pletion of  his  mission. 

ARTICLE  III. 

All  official  communications  addressed  by  the  Government  of 
Japan  to  that  of  Chosen  shall  be  written  in  the  Japanese  language, 
and  for  a  period  of  ten  years  from  the  present  date  they  shall  be  ac- 
companied by  a  Chinese  translation.  The  Government  of  Chosen 
will  use  the  Chinese  language. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

Sorio  in  Fusan,  Chosen,  where  an  official  establishment  of  Japan 
is  situated,  is  a  place  originally  opened  for  commercial  intercourse 
with  Japan,  and  trade  shall  henceforward  be  carried  on  at  that  place 
in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  this  Treaty,  whereby  are  abol- 
ished all  former  usages,  such  as  the  practice  of  Sai-ken-sen  (junk 
annually  sent  to  Chosen  by  the  late  Prince  of  Tsushima  to  exchange 
a  certain  quantity  of  articles  between  each  other). 

In  addition  to  the  above  place,  the  Government  of  Chosen  agrees 
to  open  two  ports,  as  mentioned  in  Article  V.  of  this  Treaty,  for  com- 
mercial intercourse  with  Japanese  subjects. 

In  the  foregoing  places  Japanese  subjects  shall  be  free  to  lease 
land  and  to  erect  buildings  thereon,  and  to  rent  buildings  the  prop- 
erty of  subjects  of  Chosen. 

ARTICLE  V. 

On  the  coast  of  five  provinces,  viz. :  Keikin,  Chiusei,  Jenra,  Ken- 
sho,  and  Kankio,  two  ports,  suitable  for  commercial  purposes,  shall 
be  selected,  and  the  time  for  opening  these  two  ports  shall  be  in  the 
twentieth  month  from  the  second  month  of  the  ninth  year  of  Meiji, 


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corresponding  with  the  date  of  Chosen,  the  first  moon  of  the  year 
Hei-shi. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

Whenever  Japanese  vessels,  either  by  stress  of  weather  or  by 
want  of  fuel  and  provisions,  cannot  reach  one  or  the  other  of  the  open 
ports  in  Chosen,  they  may  enter  any  ports  or  harbour  either  to  take 
refuge  therein,  or  to  get  supplies  of  wood,  coal,  and  other  neces- 
saries, or  to  make  repairs;  the  expenses  incurred  thereby  are  to  be 
defrayed  by  the  ship's  master.  In  such  events  both  the  officers  and 
the  people  of  the  locality  shall  display  their  sympathy  by  rendering 
full  assistance,  and  their  liberality  in  supplying  the  necessaries  re- 
quired. 

If  any  vessel  of  either  country  be  at  any  time  wrecked  or  stranded 
on  the  coasts  of  Japan  or  of  Chosen,  the  people  of  the  vicinity  shall 
immediately  use  every  exertion  to  rescue  her  crew,  and  shall  inform 
the  local  authorities  of  the  disaster,  who  will  either  send  the  wrecked 
persons  to  their  native  country  or  hand  them  over  to  the  officer  of 
their  country  residing  at  the  nearest  port. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

The  coasts  of  Chosen,  having  hitherto  been  left  unsurveyed,  are 
very  dangerous  for  vessels  approaching  them,  and  in  order  to  prepare 
charts  showing  the  positions  of  islands,  rocks,  and  reefs,  as  well  as 
the  depth  of  water  whereby  all  navigators  may  be  enabled  to  pass 
between  the  two  countries,  any  Japanese  mariners  may  freely  survey 
said  coasts. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

There  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Government  of  Japan  an  officer 
to  reside  at  the  open  ports  in  Chosen  for  the  protection  of  Japanese 
merchants  resorting  there,  providing  such  arrangement  be  deemed 
necessary.  Should  any  question  interesting  both  nations  arise,  the 
said  officer  shall  confer  with  the  local  authorities  of  Chosen  and 
settle  it. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

Friendly  relations  having  been  established  between  the  two  con- 
tracting parties,  their  respective  subjects  may  freely  carry  on  their 


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business  without  any  interference  from  the  officers  of  either  Govern- 
ment, and  neither  limitation  nor  prohibition  shall  be  made  on  trade. 

In  case  any  fraud  be  committed,  or  payment  of  debt  be  refused 
by  any  merchant  of  either  country,  the  officers  of  either  one  or  of  the 
other  Government  shall  do  their  utmost  to  bring  the  delinquent  to 
justice  and  to  enforce  recovery  of  the  debt. 

Neither  the  Japanese  nor  the  Chosen  Government  shall  be  held 
responsible  for  the  payment  of  such  debt. 

ARTICLE  X. 

Should  a  Japanese  subject  residing  at  either  of  the  open  ports  of 
Chosen  commit  any  offence  against  a  subject  of  Chosen,  he  shall  be 
tried  by  the  Japanese  authorities.  Should  a  subject  of  Chosen  com- 
mit any  offence  against  a  Japanese  subject,  he  shall  be  tried  by  the 
authorities  of  Chosen.  The  offenders  shall  be  punished  according  to 
the  laws  of  their  respective  countries.  Justice  shall  be  equitably  and 
impartially  administered  on  both  sides. 


ARTICLE  XI. 

Friendly  relations  having  been  established  between  the  two  con- 
tracting parties,  it  is  necessary  to  prescribe  trade  relations  for  the 
benefit  of  the  merchants  of  the  respective  countries. 

Such  trade  regulations,  together  with  detailed  provisions  to  be 
added  to  the  Articles  of  the  present  Treaty,  to  develop  its  meaning 
and  facilitate  its  observance,  shall  be  agreed  upon  at  the  capital  of 
Chosen  or  at  Kokwa  Fu  in  the  country,  within  six  months  from  the 
present  date,  by  Special  Commissioners  appointed  by  the  two  coun- 
tries. 

ARTICLE  XII. 

The  foregoing  eleven  Articles  are  binding  from  the  date  of  the 
signing  thereof,  and  shall  be  observed  by  the  two  contracting  parties, 
faithfully  and  invariably,  whereby  perpetual  friendship  shall  be  se- 
cured to  the  two  countries. 

The  present  Treaty  is  executed  in  duplicate,  and  copies  will  be 
exchanged  between  the  two  contracting  parties. 


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In  faith  whereof  we,  the  respective  Plenipotentiaries  of  Japan 
and  Chosen,  have  affixed  our  seals  hereunto,  this  twenty-sixth  day  of 
the  second  month  of  the  ninth  year  of  Meiji,  and  the  two  thousand  five 
hundred  and  thirty-sixth  since  the  accession  of  Jimmu  Tenno ;  and,  in 
the  era  of  Chosen,  the  second  day  of  the  second  moon  of  the  year 
Ileishi,  and  of  the  founding  of  Chosen  the  four  hundred  and  eighty- 
fifth. 

(Signed)     KURODA  KIYOTAKA. 
INOUYE  KAORU. 
SHIN  KEN. 
IN  JI-SHO. 


SUPPLEMENTARY  TREATY  BETWEEN  JAPAN  AND 

KOREA 

Whereas,  on  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  the  second  month  of  the 
ninth  year  Meiji,  corresponding  with  the  Korean  date  of  the  second 
day  of  the  second  month  of  the  year  Heishi,  a  Treaty  of  Amity  and 
Friendship  was  signed  and  concluded  between  KURODA  KIYOTAKA, 
High  Commissioner  Extraordinary,  Lieutenant-General  of  H.I.J.M. 
Army,  Member  of  the  Privy  Council,  and  Minister  of  the  Colonisation 
Department,  and  INOUYE  KAORU,  Associate  High  Commissioner  Ex- 
traordinary and  Member  of  the  Genro-In,  both  of  whom  had  boen 
directed  to  proceed  to  the  city  of  Kokwa  in  Korea  by  the  Government 
of  Japan ;  and  SHIN  KEN,  DAI  KWAN,  HAN-Cnoo-Su-Fu,  and  INJISHO, 
Fu-So-Fu  FUKU-SO-KWAN,  both  of  whom  had  been  duly  commissioned 
for  that  purpose  by  the  Government  of  Korea : — 

Now  therefore,  in  pursuance  of  Article  XI.  of  the  above  Treaty, 
MIYAMOTO  OKADZU,  Commissioner  despatched  to  the  capital  of  Korea, 
DAIJO  of  the  Foreign  Department,  and  duly  empowered  thereto  by 
the  Government  of  Japan,  and  CHIO  INKI,  KOSHOO  KWAX,  GISHEIFU- 
DOSHO,  duly  empowered  thereto  by  the  Government  of  Korea,  have  ne- 
gotiated and  concluded  the  following  articles: — 


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ARTICLE  I. 

Agents  of  the  Japanese  Government  stationed  at  any  of  the  open 
ports  shall  hereafter,  whenever  a  Japanese  vessel  has  been  stranded 
on  the  Korean  coast,  and  has  need  of  their  presence  at  the  spot,  have 
the  right  to  proceed  there  on  their  informing  the  local  authorities  of 
the  facts. 

ARTICLE  II. 

Envoys  or  Agents  of  the  Japanese  Government  shall  hereafter  be 
at  full  liberty  to  despatch  letters  or  other  communications  to  any 
place  or  places  in  Korea,  either  by  post  at  their  own  expense,  or  by 
hiring  inhabitants  of  the  locality  wherein  they  reside  as  special 
couriers. 

ARTICLE  III. 

Japanese  subjects  may,  at  the  ports  of  Korea  open  to  them,  lease 
land  for  the  purpose  of  erecting  residences  thereon,  the  rent  to  be 
fixed  by  mutual  agreement  between  the  lessee  and  the  owner. 

Any  lands  belonging  to  the  Korean  Government  may  be  rented 
by  a  Japanese  on  his  paying  the  same  rent  thereon  as  a  Korean  sub- 
ject would  pay  to  his  Government. 

It  is  agreed  that  the  Shumon  (watch-gate)  and  the  Shotsumon 
(barrier)  erected  by  the  Korean  Government  near  the  Kokwa  (Jap- 
anese official  establishment)  in  Sorioko,  Fusan,  shall  be  entirely  re- 
moved, and  that  a  new  boundary  line  shall  be  established  according 
to  the  limits  hereinafter  provided.  In  the  other  two  open  ports  the 
same  steps  shall  be  taken. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

The  limits  within  which  Japanese  subjects  may  travel  from  the 
port  of  Fusan  shall  be  comprised  within  a  radius  of  ten  jri,  Korean 
measurement,  the  landing-place  in  that  port  being  taken  as  a  centre. 

Japanese  subjects  shall  be  free  to  go  where  they  please  within  the 
above  limits,  and  shall  be  therein  at  full  liberty  either  to  buy  articles 
of  local  production  or  to  sell  articles  of  Japanese  production. 

The  town  of  Torai  lies  outside  of  the  above  limits,  but  Japanese 
subjects  shall  have  the  same  privileges  as  in  those  places  within  them. 


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ARTICLE  V. 

Japanese  subjects  shall  at  each  of  the  open  ports  of  Korea  be  at 
liberty  to  employ  Korean  subjects. 

Korean  subjects,  on  obtaining  permission  from  their  Government, 
may  visit  the  Japanese  Empire. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

In  the  case  of  the  death  of  any  Japanese  subject  residing  at  the 
open  ports  of  Korea,  a  suitable  spot  of  ground  shall  be  selected  where- 
in to  inter  his  remains. 

As  to  the  localities  to  be  selected  for  cemeteries  in  the  two  open 
ports  other  than  the  port  of  Pusan,  in  determining  them  regard  shall 
be  had  as  to  the  distance  there  is  to  the  cemetery  already  established 
at  Fusan. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

Japanese  subjects  shall  be  at  liberty  to  traffic  in  any  article  owned 
by  Korean  subjects,  paying  therefor  in  Japanese  coin.  Korean  sub- 
jects, for  purposes  of  trade,  may  freely  circulate  among  themselves 
at  the  open  ports  of  Korea  such  Japanese  coin  as  they  may  have 
possession  of  in  business  transactions. 

Japanese  subjects  shall  be  at  liberty  to  use  in  trade  or  to  carry 
away  with  them  the  copper  coin  of  Korea. 

In  case  any  subject  of  either  of  the  two  countries  counterfeit  the 
coin  of  either  of  them,  he  shall  be  punished  according  to  the  laws  of 
his  own  country. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

Korean  subjects  shall  have  the  full  fruition  of  all  and  every  ar- 
ticle which  they  have  become  possessed  of  either  by  purchase  or  gift 
from  Japanese  subjects. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

In  case  a  boat  despatched  by  a  Japanese  surveying  vessel  to  take 
soundings  along  the  Korean  coasts,  as  provided  for  in  Article  VII.  of 
the  Treaty  of  Amity  and  Friendship,  should  be  prevented  from  re- 
turning to  the  vessel,  on  account  either  of  bad  weather  or  the  ebb  tide, 
the  headman  of  the  locality  shall  accommodate  the  boat  party  in  a  suit- 


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able  house  in  the  neighbourhood.  Articles  required  by  them  for  their 
comfort  shall  be  furnished  to  them  by  the  local  authorities,  and  the 
outlay  thus  incurred  shall  afterwards  be  refunded  to  the  latter. 

ARTICLE  X. 

Although  no  relations  as  yet  exist  between  Korea  and  foreign 
countries,  yet  Japan  has  for  many  years  back  maintained  friendly 
relations  with  them;  it  is  therefore  natural  that  in  case  a  vessel  of 
any  of  the  countries  of  which  Japan  thus  cultivates  the  friendship 
should  be  stranded  by  stress  of  weather  or  otherwise  on  the  coasts  of 
Korea,  those  on  board  shall  be  treated  with  kindness  by  Korean  sub- 
jects, and  should  such  persons  ask  to  be  sent  back  to  their  homes  they 
shall  be  delivered  over  by  the  Korean  Government  to  an  Agent  of  the 
Japanese  Government  residing  at  one  of  the  open  ports  of  Korea,  re- 
questing him  to  send  them  back  to  their  native  countries,  which  re- 
quest the  Agent  shall  never  fail  to  comply  with. 

ARTICLE  XI. 

The  foregoing  ten  Articles,  together  with  the  Regulations  for 
Trade  annexed  hereto,  shall  be  of  equal  effect  with  the  Treaty  of 
Amity  and  Friendship,  and  therefore  shall  be  faithfully  observed  by 
the  Governments  of  the  two  countries.  Should  it,  however,  be  found 
that  any  of  the  above  Articles  actually  cause  embarrassment  to  the 
commercial  intercourse  of  the  two  nations,  and  that  it  is  necessary  to 
modify  them,  then  either  Government,  submitting  its  proposition  to 
the  other,  shall  negotiate  the  modification  of  such  Articles  on  giving 
one  year's  previous  notice  of  their  intention. 

Signed  and  sealed  this  twenty-fourth  day  of  the  eighth  month  of 
the  ninth  year  Meiji,  and  two  thousand  five  hundred  and  thirty-sixth 
since  the  accession  of  H.M.  JIMMU  TENNO  ;  and  of  the  Korean  era,  the 
sixth  day  of  the  seventh  month  of  the  year  Heishi,  and  the  founding 
of  Korea  the  four  hundred  and  eighty-fifth. 

(Signed)         MIYAMOTO    OKADZU, 

Commissioner  and  Dajio  of  the 
Foreign  Department. 

CHO  INKI, 
Kosho  Kwan,  Gisheifudosho. 


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PROTOCOL  CONCLUDED  BETWEEN  JAPAN  AND  KOREA 

ON  FEBRUARY  23,  1904,  REGARDING  THE 

SITUATION  OF  KOREA 

HAYASHI  GONSUKE,  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Pleni- 
potentiary of  His  Majesty  the  EMPEROR  OF  JAPAN,  and  MAJOR-GEN- 
ERAL YE-TCHI-YONG,  Minister  of  State  for  Foreign  Affairs  ad  interim 
of  His  Majesty  the  EMPEROR  OF  KOREA,  being  respectively  duly  em- 
powered for  the  purpose,  have  agreed  upon  the  following  Articles: — 

ARTICLE  I. 

For  the  purposes  of  maintaining  a  permanent  and  solid  friend- 
ship between  Japan  and  Korea  and  firmly  establishing  peace  in  the 
Far  East,  the  Imperial  Government  of  Korea  shall  place  full  confi- 
dence in  the  Imperial  Government  of  Japan  and  adopt  the  advice  of 
the  latter  in  regard  to  improvements  in  administration. 

ARTICLE  II. 

The  Imperial  Government  of  Japan  shall  in  a  spirit  of  firm 
friendship  ensure  the  safety  and  repose  of  the  Imperial  House  of 
Korea. 

ARTICLE  III. 

The  Imperial  Government  of  Japan  definitively  guarantee  the 
independence  and  territorial  integrity  of  the  Korean  Empire. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

In  case  the  welfare  of  the  Imperial  House  of  Korea  or  the  terri- 
torial integrity  of  Korea  is  endangered  by  aggression  of  a  third 
Power  or  by  internal  disturbances,  the  Imperial  Government  of  Japan 
shall  immediately  take  such  necessary  measures  as  the  circumstances 
require,  and  in  such  cases  the  Imperial  Government  of  Korea  shall 
give  full  facilities  to  promote  the  action  of  the  Imperial  Japanese 
Government. 


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The  Imperial  Government  of  Japan  may,  for  the  attainment  of 
the  above-mentioned  objects,  occupy,  when  the  circumstances  require 
it,  such  places  as  may  be  necessary  from  strategical  points  of  view. 

ARTICLE  V. 

The  Governments  of  the  two  countries  shall  not  in  future,  with- 
out mutual  consent,  conclude  with  a  third  Power  such  an  arrangement 
as  may  be  contrary  to  the  principles  of  the  present  Protocol. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

Details  in  connection  with  the  present  Protocol  shall  be  arranged, 
as  the  circumstances  may  require,  between  the  Representative  of 
Japan  and  the  Minister  of  State  for  Foreign  Affairs  of  Korea. 

HAYASHI  GONSUKE,  (Seal.) 

Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary. 
The  23rd  day  of  the  2nd  month  of  the  37th  year  of  Meiji. 

MAJOR-GENERAL  YE  TCHI-YONG,  (Seal). 
Minister  of  State  for  Foreign  Affairs  ad  interim. 
The  23rd  day  of  the  2nd  month  of  the  8th  year  of  Kwang-mu. 


AGREEMENT   BETWEEN   JAPAN   AND   KOREA,   SIGNED 

AUGUST  22,  1904,  RELATING  TO  FINANCIAL 

AND  DIPLOMATIC  ADVISERS 

ARTICLE  I. 

The  Korean  Government  shall  engage  as  financial  adviser  to  the 
Korean  Government  a  Japanese  subject  recommended  by  the  Jap- 
anese Government,  and  all  matters  concerning  finance  shall  be  dealt 
with  after  his  counsel  has  been  taken. 

ARTICLE  II. 

The  Korean  Government  shall  engage  as  diplomatic  adviser  to 
the  Department  of  Foreign  Affairs  a  foreigner  recommended  by  the 


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Japanese  Government,  and  all  important  matters  concerning  foreign 
relations  shall  be  dealt  with  after  his  counsel  has  been  taken. 


ARTICLE  III. 

The  Korean  Government  shall  previously  consult  the  Japanese 
Government  in  concluding  treaties  and  conventions  with  foreign  pow- 
ers, and  in  dealing  with  other  important  diplomatic  affairs,  such  as 
the  grant  of  concessions  to  or  contracts  with  foreigners. 

HAYASHI  GONSUKE,  (Seal). 

Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary. 
The  22nd  day  of  the  8th  month  of  the  37th  year  of  Meiji. 

YUN  CHI-HO,  (Seal). 

Acting  Minister  of  State  for  Foreign  Affairs. 
The  22nd  day  of  the  8th  month  of  the  8th  year  of  Kwang-mu. 


AGREEMENT   BETWEEN  JAPAN   AND   KOREA,  SIGNED 

APRIL  1,  1905,  REGARDING  COMMUNICATIONS 

SERVICES 

The  Imperial  Governments  of  Japan  and  Korea,  finding  it  ex- 
pedient from  the  standpoint  of  the  administration  and  finances  of 
Korea,  to  rearrange  the  system  of  communications  in  that  country, 
and,  by  amalgamating  it  with  that  of  Japan,  to  unite  the  two  systems 
into  one  common  to  the  two  countries,  and,  having  seen  the  necessity, 
with  that  object  in  view,  of  transferring  the  post,  telegraph  and  tele**'; 
phone  services  of  Korea  to  the  control  of  the  Japanese  Government, 
HAYASHI  GONSUKE,  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipoten- 
tiary of  Japan,  and  I  HA-YENG,  Minister  of  State  for  Foreign  Affairs 
of  Korea,  each  invested  with  proper  authority,  have  agreed  upon  and 
concluded  the  following  Articles: — 


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ARTICLE  I. 

The  Imperial  Government  of  Korea  shall  transfer  and  assign  the 
control  and  administration  of  the  post,  telegraph  and  telephone  serv- 
ices in  Korea  (except  the  telephone  service  exclusively  pertaining  to 
the  Department  of  the  Imperial  Household)  to  the  Imperial  Japanese 
Government. 

ARTICLE  II.. 

The  land,  buildings,  furnitures,  instruments,  machines  and  all 
other  appliances  connected  with  the  system  of  communications  already 
established  by  the  Imperial  Government  of  Korea,  shall,  by  virtue  of 
the  present  Agreement,  be  transferred  to  the  control  of  the  Imperial 
Japanese  Government. 

The  Authorities  of  the  i,wo  countries  acting  together  shall  make 
an  inventory  of  the  land,  buildings  and  all  other  requisites  mentioned 
in  the  preceding  paragraph,  which  inventory  shall  serve  as  evidence 
in  the  future. 


ARTICLE  III. 

When  it  is  deemed  necessary  by  the  Japanese  Government  to 
extend  the  communications  system  in  Korea,  they  may  appropriate 
land  and  buildings  belonging  to  the  State  or  to  private  persons;  the 
former  without  compensation  and  the  latter  with  proper  indemnifi- 
cation. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

In  respect  of  the  control  of  the  communications  service  and  the 
custody  of  the  properties  in  connection  therewith,  the  Japanese 
Government  assume,  on  their  own  account,  the  responsibility  of  good 
administration. 

The  expenses  required  for  the  extension  of  the  communications 
services  shall  also  be  borne  by  the  Imperial  Government  of  Japan. 

The  Imperial  Government  of  Japan  shall  officially  notify  the 
Imperial  Government  of  Korea  of  the  financial  condition  of  the  sys- 
tem of  communications  under  their  control. 


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ARTICLE  V. 

All  appliances  and  materials  which  are  deemed  necessary  by  the 
Imperial  Government  of  Japan  for  the  control  or  extension  of  the 
system  of  communications  shall  be  exempt  from  all  duties  and  imposts. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

The  Imperial  Government  of  Korea  shall  be  at  liberty  to  main- 
tain the  present  Board  of  Communications  so  far  as  such  retention 
does  not  interfere  with  the  control  and  extension  of  the  services  by 
the  Japanese  Government. 

The  Japanese  Government,  in  controlling  and  extending  the  serv- 
ices, shall  engage  as  many  Korean  officials  and  employees  as  possible. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

In  respect  of  the  arrangements  formerly  entered  into  by  the 
Korean  Government  with  the  Governments  of  foreign  Powers  con- 
cerning the  post,  telegraph  and  telephone  services,  the  Japanese  Gov- 
ernment shall  in  behalf  of  Korea  exercise  the  rights  and  perform  the 
obligations  pertaining  thereto. 

Should  there  arise  in  the  future  any  necessity  for  concluding  any 
new  convention  hetween  the  Government  of  Korea  arid  the  Govern- 
ments of  Foreign  Powers  concerning  the  communications  services,  the 
Japanese  Government  shall  assume  the  responsibility  of  concluding 
such  convention  in  behalf  of  the  Korean  Government. 

ARTICLE  VIII. 

The  various  conventions  and  agreements  respecting  the  commu- 
nications services  hitherto  existing  between  the  Governments  of  Japan 
and  Korea  are  mutually  abolished  or  modified  by  the  present  Agree- 
ment. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

When  in  the  future  as  a  result  of  the  general  development  of  the 
communications  system  in  Korea,  there  is  some  adequate  profit  over 
and  above  expenditures  defrayed  by  the  Japanese  Government  for 
the  control  and  maintenance  of  the  old  services  and  for  their  exten- 


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sions  and  improvements,  the  Japanese  Government  shall  deliver  to  the 
Korean  Government  a  suitable  percentage  of  such  profit. 

ARTICLE  X. 

When  in  the  future  an  ample  surplus  exists  in  the  finances  of  the 
Korean  Government,  the  control  of  their  communications  services  may 
be  returned  to  the  Government  of  Korea,  in  the  sequel  of  consultation 
between  the  two  Governments. 

HAYASHI  GONSUKE,  (Seal). 

Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary. 
The  1st  day  of  the  4th  month  of  the  38th  year  of  Meiji. 

I  HA-YENG,  (Seal). 
Minister  of  State  for  Foreign  Affairs. 
The  1st  day  of  the  4th  month  of  the  9th  year  of  Kwang-mu. 


AGREEMENT  RESPECTING  THE  COAST  TRADE  OF 

KOREA 

The  Imperial  Governments  of  Japan  and  Korea,  deeming  it  nec- 
essary, for  the  purpose  of  improving  the  trade,  and  promoting  the 
development  of  the  resources,  of  Korea,  to  allow  navigation  by  Japa- 
nese vessels  along  the  coasts  and  in  the  inland  waters  of  Korea,  HAY- 
ASHI GONSUKE,  Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary  of 
Japan,  and  I  HA-YENG,  Minister  of  State  for  Foreign  Affairs  of 
Korea,  duly  authorized  by  their  respective  Governments  for  the  pur- 
pose, have  agreed  upon  the  following  Articles : 

ARTICLE  I. 

Japanese  vessels  shall  be  at  liberty  to  navigate  along  the  coasts 
and  in  the  inland  waters  of  Korea  for  the  purpose  of  trade  in  accord- 


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ance  with  the  stipulations  of  the  present  Agreement,  which,  however, 
shall  not  be  applicable  to  navigation  between  the  open  ports. 

ARTICLE  II. 

Licenses  shall  be  obtained  for  all  Japanese  vessels  to  be  employed 
in  navigation  of  the  coasts  and  inland  waters,  upon  reporting  through 
the  Japanese  Consular  Officers  to  the  Korean  Customs  the  names  and 
residences  of  the  owners,  the  names,  types  and  carrying  capacity  of 
the  vessels,  as  well  as  the  limits  within  which  such  vessels  are  to  navi- 
gate. 

Licenses  shall  be  available  for  one  year  from  the  date  of  their 
issue. 

ARTICLE  III. 

Upon  receipt  of  a  license,  fees  shall  be  paid  to  the  Korean  Cus- 
toms according  to  the  following  rates : 

For  a  vessel  of  foreign  type  below  100  tons, . .   15.00 

For  a  vessel  of  Japanese  type, 15.00 

For  a  vessel  of  foreign  type  above  100  and 

below   500  tons, 50.00 

For  a  vessel  of  foreign  type  above  500  and 

below  1,000  tons, 100.00 

For  a  vessel  of  foreign  type  above  1,000  tons .  150.00 

ARTICLE  IV. 

Japanese  vessels  may  freely  navigate  within  the  limits  specified, 
but  shall  not  proceed  to  any  place  not  in  Korean  territory,  except  in 
case  of  stress  of  weather  or  other  emergency,  or  in  case  special  per- 
mission has  been  obtained  from  the  Korean  Customs. 

ARTICLE  V. 

The  licenses  shall  be  carried  on  board  the  vessels  during  their 
voyages,  and  shall  be  shown  whenever  requested  by  the  Korean  Cus- 
toms, or  by  local  officials  of  Korea,  or  by  Chiefs  of  villages  duly  au- 
thorized by  such  local  officials. 


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ARTICLE  VI. 

Japanese  shipowners  shall  have  liberty  to  lease  land  for  the  pur- 
pose of  building  warehouses  at  the  places  where  their  vessels  call. 

Such  owners  may  also  construct  piers  or  wharves  on  the  banks 
and  coasts  with  the  permission  of  the  Korean  Customs. 


ARTICLE  VII. 

In  case  of  infraction  of  the  present  Agreement  by  a  Japanese 
vessel,  the  Korean  Customs  may  cause  the  license  of  such  vessel  to  be 
confiscated,  or  may  refuse  to  issue  a  new  one,  if  the  offence  be  found, 
upon  examination,  to  be  of  a  grave  nature. 


ARTICLE  VIII. 

When  a  Japanese  vessel,  or  the  crew  thereof,  infringes  the  stipu- 
lations of  the  present  Agreement  or  of  other  treaties,  or  when  a  mem- 
ber of  the  crew  commits  any  crime,  the  Japanese  Consular  Officers 
shall  deal  with  the  case  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the 
treaties  and  the  laws  of  Japan. 

ARTICLE  IX. 

The  present  Agreement  shall  remain  in  force  for  a  period  of  fif- 
teen years  from  the  date  of  its  signature,  and,  after  the  expiration  of 
such  period,  further  arrangements  may  be  made  by  mutual  agree- 
ment. 

The  two  Governments  may,  however,  conclude  an  agreement  by 
mutual  consent  even  before  the  expiration  of  the  aforesaid  term,  when 
in  future  the  navigation  of  Korea  shall  be  further  developed. 

HAYASHI  GONSUKE,  (Seal). 

Envoy  Extraordinary  and  Minister  Plenipotentiary. 
The  13th  day  of  the  8th  month  of  the  38th  year  of  Meiji. 

I  HA-YENG,  (Seal). 

Minister  of  State  for  Foreign  Affairs. 
The  13th  day  of  the  8th  month  of  the  9th  year  of  Kwang-mu. 


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AGREEMENT  BETWEEN  JAPAN   AND   KOREA,   SIGNED 

NOVEMBER   17,    1905,   BY   WHICH   JAPAN   ASSUMED 

CHARGE  OF  THE  FOREIGN  RELATIONS  OF  KOREA 

The  Governments  of  Japan  and  Korea,  desiring  to  strengthen  the 
principle  of  solidarity  which  unites  the  two  Empires,  have  with  that 
object  in  view  agreed  upon  and  concluded  the  following  stipulations 
to  serve  until  the  moment  arrives  when  it  is  recognized  that  Korea 
has  attained  national  strength : — 

ARTICLE  I. 

The  Government  of  Japan,  through  the  Department  of  Foreign 
Affairs  at  Tokyo,  will  hereafter  have  control  and  direction  of  the 
external  relations  and  affairs  of  Korea,  and  the  diplomatic  and  con- 
sular representatives  of  Japan  will  have  charge  of  the  subjects  and 
interests  of  Korea  in  foreign  countries. 

ARTICLE  II. 

The  Government  of  Japan  undertake  to  see  to  the  execution  of 
the  treaties  actually  existing  between  Korea  and  other  Powers,  and 
the  Government  of  Korea  engage  not  to  conclude  hereafter  any  act 
or  engagement  having  an  international  character  except  through  the 
medium  of  the  Government  of  Japan. 

ARTICLE  III. 

The  Government  of  Japan  shall  be  represented  at  the  Court  of 
His  Majesty  the  Emperor  of  Korea  by  a  Resident  General,  who  shall 
reside  at  Seoul,  primarily  for  the  purpose  of  taking  charge  of  and 
directing  matters  relating  to  diplomatic  affairs.  He  shall  have  the 
right  of  private  and  personal  audience  of  His  Majesty  the  Emperor  of 
Korea.  The  Japanese  Government  shall  also  have  the  right  to  station 
Residents  at  the  several  open  ports  and  such  other  places  in  Korea 


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as  they  may  deem  necessary.  Such  Residents  shall,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Resident  General,  exercise  the  powers  and  functions  hith- 
erto appertaining  to  Japanese  Consuls  in  Korea,  and  shall  perform 
such  duties  as  may  be  necessary  in  order  to  carry  into  full  effect  the 
provisions  of  this  Agreement. 


ARTICLE  IV. 

The  stipulations  of  all  Treaties  and -Agreements  existing  between 
Japan  and  Korea,  not  inconsistent  with  the  Provisions  of  this  Agree- 
ment, shall  continue  in  force. 

ARTICLE  V. 

The  Government  of  Japan  undertake  to  maintain  the  welfare  and 
dignity  of  the  Imperial  House  of  Korea. 

In  faith  whereof,  the  Undersigned  duly  authorized  by  their  Gov- 
ernments have  signed  this  Agreement  and  affixed  their  seals. 

HAYASHI  GONSUKE,  (Seal). 

Envoy  Extraordinary  -and  Minister  Plenipotentiary. 
The  17th  day  of  the  llth  month  of  the  38th  year  of  Meiji. 

PAR  CHE-SOON,  (Seal). 
Minister  of  State  for  Foreign  Affairs. 
The  17th  day  of  the  llth  month  ,of  the  9th  year  of  Kwang-mu. 


H 
DECLARATION  OF  THE  JAPANESE  GOVERNMENT 

November  22,  1905. 

The  relations  of  propinquity  have  made  it  necessary  for  Japan  to 
take  and  exercise,  for  reasons  closely  connected  with  her  own  safety 
and  repose,  a  paramount  interest  and  influence  in  the  political  and 
military  affairs  of  Korea.  The  measures  hitherto  taken  have  been 
purely  advisory,  but  the  experience  of  recent  years  has  demonstrated 


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the  insufficiency  of  measures  of  guidance  alone.  The  unwise  and  im- 
provident action  of  Korea,  more  especially  in  the  domain  of  her  inter- 
national concerns,  has  in  the  pan  been  the  most  fruitful  source  of 
complications.  To  permit  the  present  unsatisfactory  condition  of 
things  to  continue  unrestrained  and  unregulated  would  be  to  invite 
fresh  difficulties,  and  Japan  believes  that  she  owes  it  to  herself  and  to 
her  desire  for  the  general  pacification  of  the  extreme  East  to  take  the 
steps  necessary  to  put  an  end  once  for  all  to  this  dangerous  situation. 
Accordingly,  with  that  object  in  view  and  in  order  at  the  same  time 
to  safeguard  their  own  position  and  to  promote  the  well-being  of  the 
Government  and  people  of  Korea,  the  Imperial  Government  have 
resolved  to  assume  a  more  intimate  and  direct  influence  and  responsi- 
bility than  heretofore  in  the  external  relations  of  the  Peninsula.  The 
Government  of  His  Majesty  the  Emperor  of  Korea  are  in  accord  with 
the  Imperial  Government  as  to  the  absolute  necessity  of  the  measure, 
and  the  two  Governments,  in  order  to  provide  for  the  peaceful  and 
amicable  establishment  of  the  new  order  of  things,  have  concluded  the 
accompanying  compact.  In  bringing  this  agreement  to  the  notice  of 
the  Powers  having  treaties  with  Korea,  the  Imperial  Government  de- 
clare that  in  assuming  charge  of  the  foreign  relations  of  Korea  and 
undertaking  the  duty  of  watching  over  the  execution  of  the  existing 
treaties  of  that  country,  they  will  see  that  those  treaties  are  main- 
tained and  respected,  and  they  also  engage  not  to  prejudice  in  any 
way  the  legitimate  commercial  and  industrial  interests  of  those  Pow- 
ers in  Korea. 


I 

AGREEMENT   BETWEEN   JAPAN   AND    KOREA,   SIGNED 

ON  JULY  24,  1907,  RELATING  TO  THE  INTERNAL 

ADMINISTRATION  OF  THE  KOREA 

The  Government  of  Japan  and  the  Government  of  Korea,  desiring 
to  attain  the  speedy  development  of  the  strength  and  resources  of 
Korea  and  to  promote  the  welfare  of  her  people,  have  with  that  object 
in  view  agreed  upon  the  following  stipulations : — 


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ARTICLE  I. 

The  Government  of  Korea  shall  act  under  the  guidance  of  the 
Resident  General  in  respect  to  reforms  in  administration. 

ARTICLE  II. 

The  Government  of  Korea  engage  not  to_jmact  jtny  laws,  ordi- 
nances  or  regulations,  or  to  take  any  important  measures  of  adminis- 
tration without  the  previous  assent  of  the  Resident  General. 

ARTICLE  III. 

The  judicial  affairs  in  Korea  shall  be  set  apart  from  the  affairs 
of  ordinary  administration. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

The  appointment  and -dismissal  of  all  high  officials  in  Korea  shall 
be  made  upon  the  concurrence  of  the  Resident  General. 

ARTICLE  V. 

The  Government  of  Korea  shall  appoint  as  Korean  officials  the 
Japanese  subjects  recommended  by  the  Resident  General. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

The  Government  of  Korea  shall  not  engage  any  foreigner  with- 
out the  concurrence  of  the  Resident  General. 

ARTICLE  VII. 

Article  I.  of  the  Protocol  between  Japan  and  Korea  signed  on 
the  22nd  of  August,  1905,  shall  hereafter  cease  to  be  binding. 

In  witness  whereof  the  Undersigned,  duly  authorized  by  their  re- 
spective Governments,  have  signed  this  Agreement,  and  have  affixed 
thereto  their  seals. 

Marquis  HIROBUMI  ITO,    (Seal). 

H.I.J.M.'s  Resident  General. 
The  24th  day  of  the  7th  month  of  the  40th  year  of  Meiji. 

Yi  WAN-YONG,  (Seal). 
Minister  President  of  State. 
The  24th  day  of  the  7th  month  of  the  llth  year  of  Kwang-mu. 


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THE  TREATY  OF  ANNEXATION,  SIGNED  AUGUST  29TH, 

1910,   BETWEEN   RESIDENT-GENERAL   VISCOUNT 

TERAUCHI  AND  MR.  YI  WAN-YONG,  MINISTER 

PRESIDENT  OF  STATE  OF  KOREA 

ARTICLE  I. 

The  Emperor  of  Korea  to  make  complete  and  permanent  cession 
to  the  Emperor  of  Japan  of  all  rights  of  sovereignty  over  the  whole 
of  Korea. 

ARTICLE  II. 

The  Emperor  of  Japan  to  accept  the  above-mentioned  cession, 
and  to  consent  to  the  complete  annexation  of  Korea  to  the  Empire  of 
Japan. 

ARTICLE  III. 

The  Emperor  of  Japan  to  accord  to  the  Emperor  of  Korea,  ex- 
Emperor  and  Crown  Prince  of  Korea  and  their  Consorts  such  titles, 
dignities  and  honours  as  are  appropriate  to  their  respective  ranks, 
and  sufficient  annual  grants  to  be  made  for  the  maintenance  of  such 
titles,  dignities  and  honours. 

ARTICLE  IV. 

The  relatives  of  the  Emperor  of  Korea  also  to  receive  due  dig- 
nities, titles,  honours  and  solatia. 

ARTICLE  V. 

The  Emperor  of  Japan  to  confer  peerages  and  monetary  grants 
upon  Koreans  who,  on  account  of  meritorious  services,  are  regarded 
as  deserving  such  special  recognition. 

ARTICLE  VI. 

In  consequence  of  the  aforesaid  Annexation,  the  Government  of 
Japan  will  assume  the  entire  government  and  administration  of 


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Chosen  and  undertake  to  afford  full  protection  for  the  life  and  prop- 
erty of  Koreans  obeying  the  laws  in  force,  and  to  promote  the  welfare 
of  all  such. 


ARTICLE  VII. 

The  Government  of  Japan,  so  far  as  circumstances  permit,  will 
employ  in  the  public  service  of  Japan  Koreans  who  accept  the  new 
regime  loyally  and  in  good  faith  and  who  are  duly  qualified  for  such 
service. 


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